TPM is my go-to-first news source. Thank you!

Happy birthday, TPM, and thanks to Josh, Greg, and crew for keeping one of the very best places on the Innerwebs going strong.

I can't imagine the internet without TPM. Congratulations on your anniversary.

Huge thanks to Josh and the entire staff! What a year it's been. I can't imagine how it would have been without TPM.

Congratulations and many many more years of success. I depend on you to present the news that matters to me, field my comments and show me the way to more information. TPM has redefined how we approach news in the internet age. You are the BEST!

Josh - I've watched this thing grow and you have built one of the best news sources there is. Congratulations! This is one of the smartest sites on the intertubes, too.

Thanks, guys.

Happy Birthday TPM, and thanks for the wonderful source you are!

Belated thanks for seeing me through The War of the Chads with my sanity (relatively) intact.

And for the Cafe, which played vital role in altering my future in manner beyond belief. ;-)

TPM: Thanks for saving Social Security, and my sanity! Commenters: thanks for the laughs and the insights- always a great read. Long may TPM reign.

How about Sinbad and Idiotic do a special anniversary blog?

Congrats, Josh!

I don't know if Johs rmemebers, but TPM was one of/the first place other than the FL Sec. of State's site for on-point information about the ongoing election battle post 11/4/2000.

And the only one which was interactive and "cutting-edge" in the on-point effort to stay on top of the second-by-second changes going on during that hellish period.

"TPM" was small then -- but has grown appreciably since. And amid all that Josh has gifted with a brand-new little one who should be walking by now.

Again, congrats, Josh! And "Many Happy Returns," as the conventional (or Ted Berrigan) would say.

Huge Congratulations to Josh et al!

I think I began reading tpm right after the Bush/Gore debacle after I lost all faith in the American media. It was a hidden little gem with a wealth of progressive information that proved to me that integrity and real journalism came above all else.

I was in college at the time and have since bounced around in different careers and lifestyles with TPM always an important part in the background. It has been a rock and a daily ritual for me, more important than coffee, breakfast, shaving before work, getting the last bit of paperwork done at work, gassing up the car, etc.

Although I continue to read some mainstream publications like the Times and the Atlantic, TPM is one of if not the most important source of news in U.S. national news for me. I now find myself living and working in Spain, where it is now more important than ever.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart Josh and the TPM crew for all the work you have done and for always trying your hardest to maintain the highest standard of excellence, while still keeping that sense of humility that has allowed you to cover the biggest and the smallest stories with equal vigor. And an extra thank you for the HILARIOUS tidbits that you have laced the news with and which have kept me smiling and laughing through all these years even as I watched the country seriously falter (especially the recent addition of the DUKE AWARDS!).

I would also like to thank all of the brilliant bloggers and commentators who have helped to shape the dialog and conversation here. I am floored by the thoughtfulness and wisdom you have displayed and you have showed me that when truly intellectually curious people come to debate, they can look within themselves to honestly reshape their ideas around evidence and outside perspective. And also thank you for your inspiring personal stories and accounts that have brought tears to my eyes on more than one occasion (yikes! sometimes at work!).

So congratulations to all TPMers old and new, and let us look forward to another outstanding 8 years!

Thank you one and all. Happy Birthday!

I too dwell in TPM's tire swing.

Simply the best site on US politics. Dogged, innovative, with a "longer view" than most political reporting.

And easily the best consequence of the 2000 Florida Recount.

Thank you all!