Open-Source Politics Sites
Blogs and more that involve people at the grassroots level
"The Democratic Party is too based on insiders", so these sites have arisen (from "The Rise of Open-Source Politics" by MIcah L. Sifry in The Nation, November 22, 2004.
Smirking Chimp
Started because the author thought BUsh looked like a smirking chimp. (Joe Trippi started an "ask the Dean campaign thread" here which was a pivotal moment in web politics)
daily KOS
political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation
World Changing
models, tools, and ideas for building a bright green future