Since I've been to all three YearlyKos/Netroots Nation conventions, I can say that it has become almost a ritual.
Those of us in labor scratch our heads wondering why bloggers don't seem to read our diaries and send us to the top of the rec list.
"If they really care about labor, why doesn't the Netroots get more excited about our issues?" we ask.
Meanwhile, bloggers outside labor wonder what they can do to help us. Everyone I run into loves Labor, or at least recognizes how a strong labor movement helps the Progressive movement in general and, more specifically, Progressive candidates.
"How can we engage labor?" they ask. "What can we do to gain labor's support?"
Well, after three years at this sixth-grade dance -- where the boys and girls are still wondering if they should wait for the next song -- I think it's time to shake it up.
So, bloggers, wanna dance?
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