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Friday, February 16, 2007 12:00 AM

Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign

During my brief tenure as blogmaster for a Democratic presidential contender, I experienced the right-wing smear machine firsthand
By Amanda Marcotte

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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 09:59 PM

    I sympathize, but

    It was a mistake to quit. Atrios wouldn't have quit, Kos wouldn't have quit, Digby wouldn't have quit. But then, maybe they wouldn't have taken the gig in the first place. It's hard for me to imagine how you or Shakes or the Edwards people thought this would play out. But it looks like you gave away your power, which is like flunking Feminism 101. You made it easy for them. You folded so fast that it's shocking. You're really going to have to think hard about what just happened and come to terms with the part of you that got scared and ran away.

    —chrisss Read chrisss's other letters

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