Senator Al Franken to deliver closing keynote at Netroots Nation 2010 in Las Vegas

Hurrah!

On the campaign trail, Al Franken fought for the middle class, focusing on issues like making college and health care more affordable. During the recount, he fought for a fair Democratic process. And as a U.S. Senator, he fights every day for real progressive values just as the former Sen. Paul Wellstone did.

That fighting spirit is exactly why we chose Minnesota Sen. Al Franken to close out our fifth annual Netroots Nation convention in Las Vegas.

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is already set to be the keynote speaker on the first night of the Convention, which begins on July 22nd and runs until July 25th.

Attending Netroots Nation (originally known as YearlyKos) has become an important summer tradition for the team at NPI. At least two of us have been to every convention, and we don't plan on missing this one!

And yes... we definitely plan on commissioning another "Washington Progressive Blogroll" t-shirt. We'll begin taking preorders as Netroots Nation 2010 gets closer. As usual, we'll be doing a very limited run of t-shirts. They're exceptionally durable and carefully crafted for us by a local union print shop.

We'll be accepting prepayment online this year, so if you want to be guaranteed of getting a shirt, all you have to do is whip out your credit card, visit our website, and we'll reserve a shirt for you. (As usual, we'll also accept cash and checks from folks who'd rather pay in person!)