He's planning a purge of the Democrats, forcing out anyone who does not hold to the "progressive" philosophy found on his site and among the nut-roots.

And as Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, AKA “Kos,” made crystal clear at a press conference this afternoon, the battle will not only be against Republicans, but also against Democrats who need to be “cleansed” from the party. Kos didn’t name any names, saying we will find out “soon enough” which Democrats would be targeted for defeat in the primaries. But his message was clear; on issues near and dear to the hearts of the progressive on line community, Democrats will adapt or they will face the wrath of this new force in politics.

In effect, Kos has promised to remake the Democratic Party in the image of the netroots. And while many observers think that this would pull the Democratic Party too far to the left, Markos disagrees.

“There is no Jesse Jackson wing of the Democratic party anymore. We are the center,” he said.

Got that -- if you don't fit in with the views I outlined in my piece on Rick Noriega, you will not be welcome among the new "progressive" Democrats. I guess we can define this as a vision of the Democrats as a "Small Tent".

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