I come here pretty much free of experiences on blogs in general. I tried Dkos and felt stupid and generally outgunned, even though my candidate in the primary was the favorite there. I still like it there, for reading, it is a place that helped me get more involved. I even had the experience of going to the RBC meeting because of the information posted there. It was an education! EJ Dionne talked to me because, apparently, I was the only one in the room reading a book during the interminable "lunch break" ;)

(update) I was reading "Atonement" which made me happy because I very easily could have been reading Dean Koontz or Stephen King and I'm pretty sure if I had "Duma Key" in my lap EJ would have written me off. Oh and my copy of "Atonement" was not the movie reprint, it was the trade paperback...and checked out of the library no less. I was definitely the anti-Harriet Christian :D