When you have a diverse blog team, one of the things it does is make endorsements almost impossible because the blog represents everybody. That's why Winds stayed out of both party Presidential primaries, and offered no endorsement in 2004. Individual members talked about whom they would support, and why, but that was it. I'll note that it really hurt us re: traffic and growth potential, but "no endorsements" was what we had to do to be true to ourselves.

That is about to change.

In a few hours, Winds of Change.NET is going to openly support and assist a candidate for office, as one of their key backers in the blogosphere. It's something I didn't want to talk about until it was firm, but now I can. We believe this is a fight that matters to our blog, ties into the things we talk about here, and is something that all members, left-leaning and right-leaning, can agree on. Heck, even non-American foreigners like me can get behind this one.

Team members deserve a fuller explanation, and if you want one then drop me an email - joe here @windsofchange.net. If you're in North America and want a phone response, include a phone number in the email.