I'm sitting in the back of a small conference room at the Working Outside of the Box panel--which includes Darcy Burner--who essentially owns this place. Darcy's cachet at this event cannot be overestimated. She's deeply beloved among this group.The discussion of the panel (which also includes Dean Nielsen, David Goldstein, Blair Butterworth and Matt Stoller) is largely focused on the influence of the Netroots among political campaigns, specifically for the U.S. House.So far ...

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