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...just a few years of blogging, Amanda Marcotte, 29, has established herself as an outspoken voice of the left, filling her Pandagon blog with posts on everything from conservative "wingnuts" to Catholic "anti-choicers" and the cabal she simply calls BushCo. In late January, more ethics charges were heaped on the District Attorney in the Duke University sexual-assault case, and Marcotte attacked the news with her usual swagger and sarcasm: "Can't a few white boys sexually assault a black woman anymore without people getting all wound up about...
...Nine days later, Marcotte announced that she was leaving Pandagon. The reason? She had joined the John Edwards campaign as blogmaster to manage and help write the official blog and advise the campaign on sharpening its Internet outreach. Within hours of her announcement, right-wing bloggers were giddily digging up her Duke posts. A few days after that, a prominent Catholic group demanded that Marcotte be fired, citing several Pandagon posts that savaged conservative Catholic stances...
...have been provocative and profanity-laced, but it was still not far from the mainstream of the blood sport that is political blogging. And there is a welcome wonkishness to Marcotte, who, unlike some star bloggers, is not afraid to parse policy with her readers. Those qualities helped earn Pandagon, which will continue in the care of other bloggers while she's gone, a dedicated and sizable fan base. Marcotte has made it clear to her fans that working for a campaign requires a change in tone. "I know how the game works," she wrote in a recent post...
...lucky. If Edwards has got cold feet, Marcotte could be out of a job. Even if she survives, though, her supporters have made it clear that they have their own agenda. When she announced that she was moving to the Edwards campaign, hundreds of supporters wrote in to Pandagon to congratulate her. Buried in the pile of warm wishes, however, was a warning of sorts: "Congratulations," wrote a user named MAJeff, "and best of luck. Well, best of luck until we've decided you and your candidate are not pure enough for us and we all turn...
...story also mistakenly noted that six days after writing a provocative post about the Duke University sexual assault case Amanda Marcotte announced she was leaving Pandagon to join the John Edwards campaign. In fact, she made her announcement nine days after writing the Duke post...