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riverdaughter aka RD: Some of you may know me by my DailyKos username, goldberry. I am a resident of the deepest, darkest jungles of the central New Jersey suburbs working in research. My hometown is Pittsburgh, PA and my relatives all had houses within site of one of the four rivers. The picture in the header is of the convergence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers to form the Ohio at The Point in downtown Pittsburgh. It seems like an apt metaphor for bringing the divided together again. We will start with the Democratic party and then work to bring together the rest of the country. We will come together at our common goals and go forward together, strengthened and mighty
Politically, I am an independent Democrat in Exile. I prefer to call myself a New Deal Liberal. In the mid-90′s, I ran for and was elected to my local school board. I supported Hillary Clinton in 2008 although I didn’t always. But she convinced me that she was better than the others at YearlyKos07.
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Katiebird: Is a former librarian and information scientist living in Kansas. A lifelong liberal Democrat she’s been eagerly anticipating Universal Health Care for Everyone since attending a debate on the issue between Teddy Kennedy and Carter’s Secretary of Health, Education and Labor (Joseph Califano) at the 1978 Democratic MidTerm Convention (which she attended as a delegate). Katiebird was one of the first conflucians to answer the call to co-blog and is a trusted administrator and contributor.
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Rico the Bartender: Rico is a licensed massage therapist and occasionally works as a body double for a certain Hollywood star with whom he bears an uncanny resemblance. He refuses to divulge any information about his background but admits his ambition is to appear on Dancing With The Stars. Rico hosts our open threads.
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