▁the ▁main ▁goals ▁being ▁to ▁help ▁" raise " ▁Democratic ▁Lieutenant ▁Governor ▁Tim ▁K aine ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁Governor ▁of ▁Virginia . ▁( The ▁term ▁" ra ising ▁C ain " ▁is ▁an ▁inform al ▁term ▁for ▁causing ▁trouble .) ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁blog ▁aim ed ▁to ▁help ▁elect ▁other ▁Democr ats ▁in ▁Virginia , ▁while ▁prom oting ▁progress ive ▁causes ▁and ▁values . ▁ ▁At ▁its ▁peak , ▁R K ▁had ▁an ▁average ▁month ly ▁traffic ▁of ▁about ▁ 8 0 , 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁vis its . ▁As ▁with ▁many ▁leading ▁state ▁and ▁local ▁blog s , ▁R K ▁runs ▁on ▁the ▁So ap B lo x ▁software . ▁In ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁blog ▁ceased ▁operations . ▁Its ▁content ▁remained ▁arch ived ▁until ▁som etime ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁History ▁R ais ing ▁K aine ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁and ▁supported ▁Tim ▁K aine ▁in ▁the ▁g ubern atorial ▁election ▁against ▁Republican ▁Jerry ▁Kil g ore . ▁Found er ▁Low ell ▁Feld ▁has ▁written ▁that ▁the ▁blog ▁was ▁founded ▁with ▁the ▁intent ▁" to ▁create ▁a ▁Daily ▁Kos ▁for ▁Virginia ." ▁The ▁blog ▁continued ▁to ▁publish ▁content ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Its ▁posts ▁were ▁subsequently ▁arch ived , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁accessible ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Content ▁Low ell ▁Feld , ▁Eric ▁Gr im , ▁and ▁a