For all the talk of people leaving DKos lately, you'd think that a) there'd never been any candidate wars before (geez, did people forget the Dean 2003-4 flame wars so soon? Or the whole pie kerfuffle? Or the MSOC wars? Or [insert favorite kerfuffle here]?), and b) the site was about to dry up and blow away. In fact, it's pulling in more visits than ever. This is a microcosm of what's happening nationwide: The primary battles, far from driving people away from the Democrats, are creating more Democrats even as GOP numbers stay the same or drop.
Don't like candidate diaries? Stay away from them. It's that simple. They will be gone after November anyway. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the site in all its cantankerous glory!
