I wanted to take the time today to feature a new blog that is a rising star on the national blogosphere scene. DoubleSpeak with Matthew and Peter Slutsky is a great blog for progressive activists to read/listen to because it features a set of younger, twin brothers that have a background in grassroots politics AND because they try to keep things fast, funny, and informative. Their stated goals are to energize activists for the 2006 cycle and beyond, and have a good time doing it. While they never claim to have all of the answers, they do reach out to get a wide variety of opinions from national, state, and local political leaders and analysts. Aside from all of that, they include sophisticated humor and great background music tracks to keep the listener (when tuning in for their audio webcasts) comfortably attentive.

I do want to thank Mr. Kevin Cass for bringing this site to my attention even before it debuted earlier this month. Kevin, who I worked with in Virginia and who now works for the DNC in Montana, knew Peter Slutsky from the Far Northwest Kerry Team in 2004.

It's like they say in our community----field politics is a tight-knit group. And in this case, I'm only a few degrees away from this up and coming Kevin Bacon of national political media.

Check out the first audio podcast at their site: http://doublespeakshow.com/index.php
*Featuring Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) as well as Iowa political insiders.
*And Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and The Brakes!

On a side note: Check out my other favorite national blog site, Daily Kos @ http://www.dailykos.com/