PROGRESSIVES AND THE MILITARY. I'm at YearlyKos, sitting in the back of the room at the "Military and Progressives Panel." This looked, at least to me, like the marquee panel of the hour, and the organizers seemed to agree: It was placed in the Grand Ballroom. But the place is empty -- a couple dozen attendees at most, a sea of empty tables stretching out. Whether this is a function of reduced Democratic insecurity over the relationship between progressives and the military or a simple lack of interest in the subject is anyone's guess. But it is, to me, a surprise. --Ezra Klein
