Paul Delehanty began writing as kid oakland on the website DailyKos in 2003 and is the author of numerous diaries on politics and culture. Paul's writing also appears on the blogs k/o, MyDD and Calitics. A veteran grassroots volunteer, in 2008 Paul wrote a series of widely-read essays in support of the campaign of President Barack Obama before moving to Nebraska to work as Internet Director for Scott Kleeb. Paul is the founder of BlogsUnited, a national community of local bloggers, and created the blogger scholarship program at YearlyKos2007. Paul currently works for NUHW, the National Union of Healthcare Workers.