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Raising Kaine
Type of site	Democratic/liberal/progressive blog
Available in	English
Created by	Lowell Feld and Eric Grim
URL	www.raisingkaine.com (defunct)
Current status	Defunct

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Raising Kaine (RK) was a leading liberal political blog in Virginia. It functioned as a group blog and community forum for Virginia netroots activists, primarily directed toward helping to elect Democrats and other liberals and progressives in Virginia and nationally. The blog is now defunct.

RK was a popular example of a collaborative blog, offering comment and diary posting privileges to its visitors. Lowell Feld and Eric Grim founded it in January 2005, initially to help "raise" Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine to the governorship in the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election. (The term "raising Cain" is idiomatic for causing trouble.) RK also aimed to help elect other Democrats in Virginia, while promoting progressive causes and values.^[1]

At its peak, RK had an average monthly traffic of about 80,000–100,000 visits. As with many leading state and local blogs, RK ran on the SoapBlox software. The blog ceased operations in late 2008, but its content remained archived until 2011.

History

Raising Kaine was founded in 2005, and supported Tim Kaine in the gubernatorial election against Republican Jerry Kilgore. Founder Lowell Feld has written that the blog was founded with the intent "to create a Daily Kos for Virginia."^[2] The blog continued to publish content until the end of 2008. Its posts were subsequently archived, where they were accessible until 2011.

Content

Lowell Feld, Eric Grim, and a small group of selected users posted entries directly to the front page; other users could post "diaries," the titles of which appeared on the front page in reverse chronological order, with special attention and longer display time for those diaries highly recommended by other users. The other major source of content was the myriad comments posted in response to front page entries and diaries. Comments for popular or controversial diaries or front page threads could run into the thousands.

Front page entries and diaries often took the form of a news story from an outside source interspersed with commentary from the author of the diary or post. Sometimes these stories contained a request for action from other members of the community, such as to get involved with a particular campaign, give money to a candidate or contact an elected official about an issue. Some front page entries were called "open threads," which were open platforms for comments on any issue. One of the most popular versions of these open threads were "live threads" of commentary on important events happening in real time, such as debates or elections.

Webb for Senate campaign

During the 2006 US election cycle, RK helped found the "Draft James Webb" movement, an effort to draft Marine Corps veteran Jim Webb to run for US Senate against George Allen. The movement was ultimately successful, with Webb declaring his candidacy, defeating businessman Harris Miller in the Democratic primary, and defeating Allen in the general election over the course of the year. Throughout the campaign, RK was a major proponent of Jim Webb's nomination and election. In July 2006, Lowell Feld and Josh Chernila were hired by the Webb campaign as netroots and volunteer coordinator, respectively.

References

^ Shear, Michael D.; Craig, Tim (17 September 2006). "Paid Bloggers Stoke Senate Battle in Va". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
^ Feld, Lowell; Wilcox, Nate (2008). Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 0313346607. OCLC 182662601. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

External links

Official website (defunct)

[1] Shear, Michael D.; Craig, Tim (17 September 2006). "Paid Bloggers Stoke Senate Battle in Va". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

[2] Feld, Lowell; Wilcox, Nate (2008). Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 0313346607. OCLC 182662601. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

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-'''Raising Kaine''', also referred to as '''RK''', was a leading [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political [[blog]] in Virginia. It functioned as a group blog and community forum for Virginia [[netroots]] activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward helping to elect [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and other liberals and [[Progressivism in the United States|progressives]] in Virginia and nationally. The blog is now defunct.
+'''Raising Kaine''' ('''RK''') was a leading [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political [[blog]] in [[Virginia]]. It functioned as a group blog and community forum for Virginia [[netroots]] activists, primarily directed toward helping to elect [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and other liberals and [[Progressivism in the United States|progressives]] in Virginia and nationally. The blog is now defunct.
-RK was a popular example of a [[collaborative blog]], offering comment and diary posting privileges to its visitors. RK was founded by [[Lowell Feld]] and [[Eric Grim]] in January 2005 with one of the main goals being to help "raise" Democratic [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Tim Kaine]] to the position of [[Governor of Virginia]]. (The term "[[wikt:raise Cain|raising Cain]]" is an informal term for causing trouble.) In addition, the blog aimed to help elect other Democrats in Virginia, while promoting progressive causes and values.<ref>[http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_raisingkaine_1228dec28,0,1239584.story]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600575_pf.html]</ref>
+RK was a popular example of a [[collaborative blog]], offering comment and diary posting privileges to its visitors. Lowell Feld and Eric Grim founded it in January 2005, initially to help "raise" Democratic [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Tim Kaine]] to the [[Governor of Virginia|governorship]] in the [[2005 Virginia gubernatorial election]]. (The term "[[wikt:raise Cain|raising Cain]]" is idiomatic for causing trouble.) RK also aimed to help elect other Democrats in Virginia, while promoting progressive causes and values.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paid Bloggers Stoke Senate Battle in Va. |first1=Michael D. |last1=Shear |first2=Tim |last2=Craig |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600575_pf.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=17 September 2006 |accessdate=22 April 2013}}</ref>
-At its peak, RK had an average monthly traffic of about 80,000-100,000 visits. As with many leading state and local blogs, RK runs on the SoapBlox software. In late 2008, the blog ceased operations. Its content remained archived until sometime in 2011.
+At its peak, RK had an average monthly traffic of about 80,000–100,000 visits. As with many leading state and local blogs, RK ran on the [[SoapBlox]] software. The blog ceased operations in late 2008, but its content remained archived until 2011.
+==History==
+Raising Kaine was founded in 2005, and supported Tim Kaine in the [[Virginia gubernatorial election, 2005|gubernatorial election]] against [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jerry Kilgore (politician)|Jerry Kilgore]]. Founder Lowell Feld has written that the blog was founded with the intent "to create a [[Daily Kos]] for Virginia."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Feld |first1=Lowell |authorlink=Lowell Feld |last2=Wilcox |first2=Nate |title=Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMbCYOTzX4EC |accessdate=22 April 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger Publishers]] |location=Westport, CT |isbn=0313346607 |oclc=182662601 |page=77}}</ref> The blog continued to publish content until the end of 2008. Its posts were subsequently archived, where they were accessible until 2011.
 ==Content==
-[[Lowell Feld]], [[Eric Grim]], and a small group of selected users posted entries directly to the front page; other users could post "diaries," the titles of which appeared on the front page in reverse chronological order, with special attention and longer display time for those diaries highly recommended by other users. The other major source of content was the myriad comments posted in response to front page entries and diaries. Comments for popular or controversial diaries or front page threads could run into the thousands.
+Lowell Feld, Eric Grim, and a small group of selected users posted entries directly to the front page; other users could post "diaries," the titles of which appeared on the front page in reverse chronological order, with special attention and longer display time for those diaries highly recommended by other users. The other major source of content was the myriad comments posted in response to front page entries and diaries. Comments for popular or controversial diaries or front page threads could run into the thousands.
 Front page entries and diaries often took the form of a news story from an outside source interspersed with commentary from the author of the diary or post. Sometimes these stories contained a request for action from other members of the community, such as to get involved with a particular campaign, give money to a candidate or contact an elected official about an issue. Some front page entries were called "open threads," which were open platforms for comments on any issue. One of the most popular versions of these open threads were "live threads" of commentary on important events happening in real time, such as debates or elections.
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 ==Webb for Senate campaign==
 {{see also|United States Senate election in Virginia, 2006}}
-During the [[United States Senate elections, 2006|2006 US election cycle]], RK helped found the "Draft James Webb" movement, which ultimately helped persuade [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] veteran [[Jim Webb]] to run for [[United States Senate|US Senate]] against [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]]. Throughout the campaign, RK was a major proponent of Jim Webb's nomination and election. In July 2006, Lowell Feld and Josh Chernila were hired by the Webb campaign as [[netroots]] and volunteer coordinator, respectively.
+During the [[United States Senate elections, 2006|2006 US election cycle]], RK helped found the "Draft James Webb" movement, an effort to [[Draft (politics)|draft]] [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] veteran [[Jim Webb]] to run for [[United States Senate|US Senate]] against [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]]. The movement was ultimately successful, with Webb declaring his candidacy, defeating businessman Harris Miller in the Democratic [[primary election|primary]], and defeating Allen in the general election over the course of the year. Throughout the campaign, RK was a major proponent of Jim Webb's nomination and election. In July 2006, Lowell Feld and Josh Chernila were hired by the Webb campaign as netroots and volunteer coordinator, respectively.
 ==References==
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