Netroots Nation is a political convention for American progressive political activists. Originally organized by readers and writers of Daily Kos, a liberal political blog, it was originally called Yea
Ice sculpture at the first convention in Las Vegas
Debate at the 2007 conference
Al Gore, Lloyd Doggett, and Nancy Pelosi at the 2008 convention
Bill Clinton speaking at the 2009 convention
Johnny Reid Edwards is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's vice
Netroots Nation
…presidential candidates attended the convention and participated in a forum moderated by bloggers. The candidates were Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson. Notably at this event Hillary Clinton refused to join John Edwards and Barack Obama…
Official portrait, c. 1999–2001
Edwards and his parents stand in front of his childhood home in 2007
Edwards, Barbara Mikulski, and Tom Daschle at a rally urging the passing of the Democrats' health care package, the Patients' Bill of Rights (1999).