Some members of the netroots are experimenting with a new collaborative writing tool called MixedInk to craft a Democratic party platform. The idea grew out of a brainstorming session between MixedInk co-founder David Stern and MyDD's Jerome Armstrong and found support from the organizers of Netroots Nation, where the idea was presented at two sessions. The platform is accessible directly through the url netrootsplatform.org.

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 efforts; 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 2008 party platform; we shine the spotlight on two new web projects designed to open up governing and legislating; and much, much more.