An infiltrator is blogging Yearly Kos

Here are the first three dispatches from our man on the inside. Nothing too freaky as of yet, although there has been a Wonkette sighting. The heavy hitters don’t get going until tomorrow, so stay tuned......
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People here are largely, disappointingly, golf-shirted, short-haired, and white bread. Grooming and hygiene are up to western business standards. There is one dude wearing a pith helmet and another guy in a kilt, but the freakish T-shirts I brought along a camera for are not popping up. Oh, I spoke too soon, there’s a girl in an I HAD AN ABORTION t-shirt. For such a routine, ordinary, medical procedure she seems awfully proud of it. Can I get an “I HAD A TONSILLECTOMY” shirt?

On the other hand there’s a buzz-cut grey-templed fellow in a pinstripe suit and an American flag tie. Hmm…maybe they’re catching on. The media is here pretty strong, so maybe they cleaned up and want to look respectable.

So far, and maybe it’s the character of the particular panels I’ve been to, people are pretty nice........

After a good deal of back-and-forth, it became clear that organizers weren’t so much running a secret society—that did seem a little out of place at a highly publicized political bloggers gathering—as they were concerned about privacy of the participants. They were amateur commentators from all around the country—teachers, activists, lawyers—who, in the training session, were going to sit in front of a camera and practice their punditry techniques, interviewed by one of the trainers from the Center. What if they messed up, or said something embarrassing? There was no reason to quote them by name, was there?

That seemed reasonable, so an agreement was reached. No names would be used. And then the Center for American Progress trainers asked that their names not be used, either. Echoing Vice President Dick Cheney and others who have defended Bush administration secrecy policies, the trainers said they wanted to be able to give candid advice without being quoted by name.