Durbin does DailyKos convention
CHICAGO -- Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Democrat had to skip his planned remarks here at the Yearly Kos convention because he was stuck in Washington for votes.
But he sent some video love -- complete with red meat -- to the crowd.
"I wish I could be with you," he said. "You're really changing the Democratic party and you're changing America for the better.
He joked that Karl Rove's nickname for columnist Bob Novak is "speed dial No. 3."
Organizers said the convention, inspired by prominent liberal blog Daily Kos, boasts 1,400 attendees.
Durbin lauded the "brave bloggers" in the crowd for helping force John Bolton to resign and exposing the White House's role in the Valerie Plame scandal.
"If it weren't for the progressive netroots I wouldn't be assistant majority leader," he added, and the crowd whooped.
Air America host Sam Seder riled up the Kossacks by poking at Fox's Bill O'Reilly.
"I'm going to have to disagree with Bill O'Reilly -- you don't look hateful or crazy and thank god you're not the Ku Klux Klan," he said, to big cheers, going on to ridicule the sexual harassment claims against O'Reilly.
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