Top Comments: Steve Soto on Daily Kos, part 2

On January 3, 2003, three months (and a few days) after Steve Soto first commented on Daily Kos, Markos made an announcement:

Introducing the first dKos guest contributors

Greetings everyone. Work and the Political State Report have been keeping me busy. So busy, in fact, that I have lined up two guest contributors to pick up my slack over the next two weeks.

Long time readers will recognize the guest contributors immediately: Billmon and Steve Soto, both of them comment board favorites. The two of them will essentially take over this site starting tomorrow (and may start posting as soon as today). I'll still post occassionally, but in effect this will be their site for the two-week period.

Try to be nice.

Update: Posts written by either Billmon of Steve will be signed by their respective authors. If you see a post with no signature, it's still me.

Posted January 03, 2003 09:28 AM

Yes, it should have been "Billmon or Steve" in the update, but typos happen. So do jumps. One right about...now!

As 2003 started, Daily Kos was a bit over seven months old, and growing swiftly. Any extended break in posting could break the momentum of the site—hence billmon and Steve Soto. Both had been active commenters; you can read Steve's comments by using the links in yesterday's Top Comments: Steve Soto on Daily Kos, part 1 diary. (Billmon's are here.)  Steve Soto's guest posts started the day after kos's announcement, and were signed "Steve Soto", just as he signed his comments, but he shortened his post signature to "Soto" on January 9 and reverted only once thereafter, though his comment signature retained his full name.

Steve wrote a total of 59 front-page posts in his seven weeks as a guest blogger: over half in the initial period he shared with Billmon (33), two singleton guest shots in the next week, and three weekends as a solo guest: January 25–26, a last-minute February 7–9 weekend when Markos was ill, and finally a Wednesday through Friday stint later that month, the 19th through 21st. By late Sunday the 23rd, Steve's own blog had opened up shop, and his career on the Daily Kos front page was over. When Markos needed a substitute blogger the next Friday, he turned to Billmon, whose own guest blogging career had only another five weeks to run before he, too, opened his own blog.

Links to Steve Soto's 59 posts as a Daily Kos guest blogger:

January 4:
  • Watching Bush Mishandle North Korea also has 1 of 25 comments by Steve
  • And Then There Were Four-Gephardt Will Jump in Monday also has 2 of 25 comments by Steve

January 5:
  • Prescription for 2004 Democratic Success? has no comments by Steve in the 35 posted.

January 6:
  • The Bush Iraq Vision Emerges has no comments by Steve in the 12 posted.
  • The North Korean Policy Bush Could Have Chosen has no comments by Steve in the 1 posted.
  • Dems Get the Jump on Bush has no comments by Steve in the 16 posted.
  • The Coming Bush Environmental Assault has no comments by Steve in the 12 posted.

January 7:
  • Tuesday Morning Follow Up also has 1 of 14 comments by Steve
  • Daschle's Out also has 2 of 66 comments by Steve
  • Pickering Renominated-The Return of the Trent Lott Republicans also has 4 of 25 comments by Steve

January 8:
  • Presidential Politics Update also has 3 of 60 comments by Steve
  • Watching Your Foreign Policy Obliterate Your Domestic Policy has no comments by Steve in the 5 posted.
  • Zell's Out also has 3 of 55 comments by Steve
  • How Economic Policy is Made at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has no comments by Steve in the 3 posted.
  • DeLay Contradicts Hastert-Bush Proposed Tax Cuts are Only a Floor also has 1 of 39 comments by Steve

January 9:
  • Still No Smoking Gun In Iraq also has 1 of 15 comments by Steve
  • Ari the Hypocrite on Pickering has no comments by Steve in the 19 posted.
  • Senate Moderates Chart Their Own Course? signed "Soto" (his new signature) also has 3 of 44 comments by Steve
  • Richardson to Meet With North Koreans-With Powell's Blessing also has 1 of 40 comments by Steve
  • 'We’re Looking At Deficits Forever' also has 2 of 29 comments by Steve
  • Richard Perle: We Are Going In Without the UN has no comments by Steve in the 24 posted.

January 10:
  • December Jobs Report Shows Weakening Economy has no comments by Steve in the 21 posted.
  • Predict the Victim of the Bush Friday News Dump has no comments by Steve in the 30 posted.

January 11:
  • But Remember That Condi Brings Everyone Together... also has 1 of 25 comments by Steve
  • Hubris, Thy Name is Bush has no comments by Steve in the 33 posted.
  • Time for the Big Dog to Come Out? has no comments by Steve in the 35 posted.

January 13:
  • North Korean Two-Step also has 2 of 14 comments by Steve.

January 14:
  • Maureen Dowd Gets Serious About Bush also has 2 of 28 comments by Steve.

January 15:
  • The Hammer Pounds Away at GOP Moderates has no comments by Steve in the 38 posted.
  • Bush Hands Gephardt a Big Issue has no comments by Steve in the 56 posted.
  • A Small but Significant Victory by Daschle has no comments by Steve in the 14 posted.

January 16:
  • John Dean Nails Down Cheney’s True Goal has no comments by Steve in the 16 posted.
  • Kos is Back, Part Two (signed "Steve Soto") has no comments by Steve in the 17 posted.

January 19:
  • Tucker Carlson Tries to Help also has 1 of 23 comments by Steve.

January 23:
  • Is Glenn Hubbard Walking the Plank? also has 1 of 51 comments by Steve.

January 25:
  • So Much for Dismissing 'Old Europe' has no comments by Steve in the 62 posted.
  • Saturday Potpourri has no comments by Steve in the 15 posted.
  • An unsigned Another Interesting Resignation has no comments by Steve in the 3 posted.
  • Bush Posts His Highest Unfavorable Rating Yet also has 1 of 50 comments by Steve.

January 26:
  • Who Lost South Korea? also has 1 of 6 comments by Steve.
  • ...And Meanwhile, Regarding Iraq... has no comments by Steve in the 48 posted.

February 7:
  • Open Thread-February 7, 2003 has no comments by Steve in the 22 posted.
  • Bush's 'Bait and Switch' New Initiatives has no comments by Steve in the 15 posted.
  • Remember That 'Dead or Alive' Guy? What Was His Name?... has no comments by Steve in the 69 posted.
  • The GAO Throws In the Towel has no comments by Steve in the 40 posted.
  • Are You Ready for Patriot Act II? has no comments by Steve in the 47 posted.
  • Fighting Back has no comments by Steve in the 26 posted.

February 8:
  • Britain’s Iraq Dossier Came From Magazines has no comments by Steve in the 28 posted.
  • How Do You Like Your New Friends Now, James Hoffa Jr.? has no comments by Steve in the 37 posted.

February 9:
  • Iraq Update-And How Useless is Wolf Blitzer? also has 1 of 33 comments by Steve.
  • Bush Has Lost the Security Council also has 1 of 25 comments by Steve.
  • Bush Will Face Opposition From Both Russia and the Vatican also has 1 of 55 comments by Steve.

February 19:
  • Tom Friedman Does Another 180 on Bush also has 1 of 38 comments by Steve.
  • Meanwhile, Around the Dinner Table... also has 1 of 37 comments by Steve.
  • Start the Countdown to Bombing has no comments by Steve in the 77 posted.
  • Has a Subtle Powell Scapegoating Begun? has no comments by Steve in the 25 posted.

February 20:
  • Thursday Morning Iraq Update has no comments by Steve in the 62 posted.
  • And Now Back to Politics for a Moment has no comments by Steve in the 54 posted.

February 21:
  • Iraq and Ken Pollack has no comments by Steve in the 60 posted.

Markos returned home and resumed blogging that day, and Steve opened The Left Coaster for business shortly before midnight two days later, on February 23, 2003. Daily Kos found out about it next day courtesy of a Markos post: Steve Soto has a new blog. The Left Coaster is still active; Steve's currently on sabbatical from the site, with a planned return to active blogging of some kind in June 2008.

As always, corrections and pointers to missing information are most welcome. The contents of this diary and the one from yesterday will find its way into the dKosopedia in the near future; a Steve Soto page there has already been created. The Steve Gilliard and Billmon information is already there, and has been expanded since its original Top Comments publication, though there's still much more to be added.

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Also be added—here—are top comments from the past 24 hours, as emailed to the TopComments mailbox, and found by your humble and ob'd't diarist. Thanks to the six Kossacks who took the time to mail in comments. If you saw any great comments that are not mentioned here—and there were well over thirty-one thousand comments to examine—please do link to them in your own comments below. The address of that mailbox:

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Anyone can submit deserving comments to our address—the direct link to a comment is available from that comment's date/time—as long as they arrive by 9:30pm Eastern Time. Please always include your Daily Kos user name in the body of your message, so we can credit you properly. Both link and username are important.

Land of Enchantment submitted the following nomination:

jotter's thinking about adding a Two Years Ago feature, in addition to one year ago.  I think it's a great idea.  If you do, too, be sure to let him know!

From mama hearts obama:

delillo2000 writes about not giving Clinton a pass on race.

Sent by madgranny:

Snickers77 has important information about the laws pertaining to Obama paying off Clinton's debt.

In the Snickers77 diary containing that information, Paying Off Hillary's Debt: Facts Not Handwringing (and pointed to by the above comment), commenter woodstock007 has a great idea how to do it.

ben masel sent this nomination:

Christy1947 has another ugly truth about oppressed people, parsing the identity politics of Hillary's unshakeable women supporters, and offering advice to let them come around on their own after she withdraws.

From Neon Vincent:

In Jerome a Paris's diary Hey cool - the economic crisis is already over! eightlivesleft cuts to the core of the transparent folly of the Wall Street pundits who say the worst of the financial crisis is over in we're not at the bottom.

Also in the same diary, superscalar creates an antigravity machine involving cats and buttered toast in Have you heard the old physicists joke?

Elise writes:

Mindtrain has a great comment on race and racism in teacherken's diary, Hillary is arrogant, not racist—needless to say, I disagree with the title at this point.

From your diarist sardonyx:

In DarkSyde's Science Policy Change or Cheap McCain Makeover? front-page post, kevin3231 gives us thoughts from a Cancer Biology graduate student on "how bad things are getting in the scientific community."

LEP has a thought on McCain's candidacy from the vantage point of 71+ years.

When phrogge prince writes "Cold day in hell...", blueocean replies with some authoritative evidence that the day is upon us.

khereva makes a prediction about Jenna Bush's wedding vows.

No Top Comments diary would be complete without that day's top mojo—those comments which have received the highest number of recommendations from Daily Kos users like you. Today's top mojo is supplied by sardonyx, using his own revision of the amazing cskendrick's mojo-to-Excel magic.

First, Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments, Cheers and Jeers, and Mojo Friday:

  1) Nor do I think she is a racist - by teacherken — 232
  2) You know, I hadn't thought of this as a Hillary by rontun — 184
  3) Ok, I'm not big on Hilary-bashing diaries. by MikePhoenix — 166
  4) Her net today: by cmnh — 166
  5) Octogenarians for Obama by Land of Enchantment — 151
  6) Coordinating by Rick Noriega — 147
  7) Meanwhile, These Same Individuals ... by Collideascope — 114
  8) I have been tempted to make a comparison by teacherken — 98
  9) It is an organized by Snickers77 — 97
10) Kudos to the Grammies by pvlb — 96
11) Let's not. by Inland — 95
12) Prayers for your mom, and for you. n/t by rontun — 86
13) When momma ain't happy ain't no body happy by El Tomaso — 84
14) Uh oh by The Animal — 84
15) Which describes a lot of MYDD posters by Brit — 80
16) I've never believed she was racist by TocqueDeville — 79
17) Psychological projection rather than irony by Fairy Tale — 76
18) Head for hills!!! by christomento — 75
19) Whatever you may say about Clinton, by revbludge — 72
20) calling all superdelegates by WahooMatt — 68
21) Time to MOVE ON!!! by serrano — 65
22) I hope people read carefully before exploding. by pat208 — 65
23) My mother's tone is always a reminder that by rontun — 65
24) He also said by Kelly of PA — 62
25) Walt: You Missed the REAL NEWS here by Steven R — 62
26) He can't use your money... by Snickers77 — 62
27) The money quote: by David Kroning — 62
28) they should know not to mess with donna by ye ye ye — 62
29) I'm sorry abut your mom by snarkyspice — 62
30) I Disagree by sesquioxide — 61
31) mojo mug for those so inclined by teacherken — 61
32) Donna Brazille ? she has alluded to these threats by ballerina X — 61
33) military records by Rick Noriega — 61

Top Mojo with No Exclusions:

  1) Tip Jar by Hail To the Chimp — 743
  2) Tip Jar... by Oreo — 608
  3) A tip to Hillary to get her ice skates on! by rontun — 580
  4) Obama will bring us together.... by Morgan Sandlin — 547
  5) Tip jar n/t by Dreggas — 542
  6) Tips, prayers, thoughts, wishes... by Pragmatic Left — 493
  7) Tips for being utterly confused by SaintCog — 445
  8) TipJar by Erik W — 398
  9) Tip Jar n/t by Walt starr — 386
10) Tips/Recs for a substinative piece on John McCain by kubla000 — 305
11) TIp jar by svotaw1992 — 270
12) Tip Jar - 9 May by Jerome a Paris — 248
13) Nor do I think she is a racist - by teacherken — 232
14) Tips by Land of Enchantment — 203
15) Let the Mojo Flow! by Ninepatch — 189
16) You know, I hadn't thought of this as a Hillary by rontun — 184
17) Ok, I'm not big on Hilary-bashing diaries. by MikePhoenix — 166
18) Her net today: by cmnh — 166
19) Woo-hoo!!! by Matt Keener — 159
20) Mornin' Matt by TexDem — 158
21) Hey now! by Matt Keener — 152
22) Octogenarians for Obama by Land of Enchantment — 151
23) Cool by TexDem — 148
24) Coordinating by Rick Noriega — 147
25) Woot woot by Jonathanonymous — 145
26) Hope by kid oakland — 144
27) Just a little bit of time for me. by Ex Con — 141
28) If it weren't for Mojo... by kharma — 140
29) Serious isn't fun by TexDem — 136
30) Morning all. by blue jersey mom — 130
31) Tip jar? Is anyone still awake? by DrMoreau — 130

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