Do the netroots -- a term now embraced by Merriam-Webster -- represent the Democratic party base or a small but vocal minority?; the DNC announces plans for a new online platform-crafting site much like the RNC's GOPPlatform2008.com; Latino bloggers react to the presidential campaigns outreach effforts; t-shirt contest!; and much, much more.

Organizers of the Get FISA Right movement turn to the wisdom of Clay Shirky to figure out where to go next; the RNC launches a new collaborative site that, they say, will inform the crafting of the GOP's party 2008 platform; we shine the spotlight on two new web projects designed to open up governing and legislating; and much, much more.