Raising Kaine
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Type of site
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Democratic/liberal/progressive blog |
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| Available in | English |
| Created by | Lowell Feld and Eric Grim |
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Raising Kaine, also referred to as RK, was a leading liberal political blog in Virginia. It functioned as a group blog and community forum for Virginia netroots activists, whose efforts are primarily directed toward helping to elect Democrats and other liberals and progressives in Virginia and nationally. The blog is now defunct.
RK was a popular example of a collaborative blog, offering comment and diary posting privileges to its visitors. RK was founded by Lowell Feld and Eric Grim in January 2005 with one of the main goals being to help "raise" Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine to the position of Governor of Virginia. (The term "" is an informal term for causing trouble.) In addition, the blog aimed to help elect other Democrats in Virginia, while promoting progressive causes and values.
At its peak, RK had an average monthly traffic of about 80,000-100,000 visits. As with many leading state and local blogs, RK runs on the SoapBlox software. In late 2008, the blog ceased operations. Its content remained archived until sometime in 2011.
Raising Kaine was founded in 2005, and supported Tim Kaine in the gubernatorial election against Republican Jerry Kilgore. Founder Lowell Feld has written that the blog was founded with the intent "to create a Daily Kos for Virginia." The blog continued to publish content until the end of 2008. Its posts were subsequently archived, where they were accessible until 2011.
Lowell Feld, Eric Grim, and a small group of selected users posted entries directly to the front page; other users could post "diaries," the titles of which appeared on the front page in reverse chronological order, with special attention and longer display time for those diaries highly recommended by other users. The other major source of content was the myriad comments posted in response to front page entries and diaries. Comments for popular or controversial diaries or front page threads could run into the thousands.
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