Activists create online fundraiser for GOP

The Washington Times ^ | October 9 2007 | Eric Pfeiffer

[jmansour]

A pair of tech-savvy Republican activists have started a new online, interactive fundraising tool that they say will help energize the conservative grass roots and further close the gap with their more high-profile "netroots" liberal counterparts.

Slatecard.com, which opened to the public yesterday, aims to be a clearinghouse for Republican presidential and congressional candidates who want to reach grass-roots voters who haven't normally been included in traditional media outreach efforts, such as direct mail or large-scale fundraising events.

"Not everyone can, or wants, to go to the traditional chicken-dinner fundraiser," said Slatecard.com co-founder David All. "This lets Republican candidates hear directly from their supporters, whether they're giving $5 or thousands of dollars."

Mr. All, a former aide to Rep. Jack Kingston, Georgia Republican, and now a Republican technology consultant, is a familiar name to Capitol Hill conservatives who want to see their movement take full advantage of the Internet and "social-networking" operations such as Facebook.com.

Although Mr. All has been behind many conservative online entrepreneurial efforts, including a successful effort to get the field of Republican presidential candidates to participate in a debate sponsored by Google, he left much of the site's production to his Slatecard.com co-founder, Sendhil Panchadsaram.

Slatecard.com is somewhat inspired by ActBlue.com, a Web-based political action committee founded in 2004 that raised significant amounts of campaign cash for Democrats.

Democrats and liberal activists have long had a significant advantage over their conservative counterparts, both in terms of money raised and influence within their respective communities.

However, Mr. All says his site, while functioning similarly to a PAC, will work differently.

[rockinqsranch]

“Not everyone can, or wants, to go to the traditional chicken-dinner fundraiser,”

So...THAT’s the answer as to why the GOP isn’t doing well in fund raising...Rubber Chicken.

[thulldud]

Slatecard.com, which opened to the public yesterday, aims to be a clearinghouse for Republican presidential and congressional candidates who want to reach grass-roots voters who haven't normally been included in traditional media outreach efforts, such as direct mail or large-scale fundraising events.

I don't see how they could have missed with the direct-mail fundraising. If I had a wood stove, I could heat my house with the fundraising letters I get, especially the ones disguised as "opinion surveys" (as if they thought I could believe they were even slightly interested in my opinion).

[Roccus]

“Slatecard.com is somewhat inspired by ActBlue.com, a Web-based political action committee founded in 2004 that raised significant amounts of campaign cash for Democrats.”
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Yeah! Doing the same things Dems. do! That’s the way to get more money from the GOP grassroots! Yeah....that’s the ticket.

[in hoc signo vinces]

The answer to why the GOP isnt doing well on fundraising is “Prudence”...quite frankly the Dems are shooting their wad early...giddy over thoughts that they have a chance at putting some left wing hack in the whitehouse to sell our country down the river Styx...

However...since most Republicans have some business acumen...IMHO we tend to wait to see where our money is best put...and that tends to be with who the nominee is most likely to be, and that isnt known yet.