Posted on 01/22/2007 12:41:15 PM PST by areafiftyone
As Dan Balz and I wrote in today's Post, presidential candidates on both sides are focused heavily on bolstering their Internet presence through a variety of new tools, including video, podcasts and even online video chats.
To brainstorm and implement these new innovations, the campaigns are chasing after a small group of people in their 20s and early 30s versed in the language of the new media.
One of the real "gets" on the GOP side of that world is Patrick Ruffini, who served as the Web master of President Bush's 2004 reelection campaign and then served in a similar role at the Republican National Committee. Ruffini gained recognition in national Republican circles for his blog, which was one of the first serious attempts on the Republican side at building an online community.
Ruffini has signed on with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign as an e-campaign adviser. The hiring is only the latest sign that Giuliani is serious about a run for national office in 2008.
In building a national staff, Giuliani has recruited a number of former Bush operatives to his cause -- the latest being Brent Seaborn, who will be the director of strategy for the campaign. Seaborn was intimately involved in the microtargeting efforts credited with growing the number of Republican votes for Bush in 2004. Seaborn was a co-founder of TargetPoint Consulting, which specialized in microtargeting and data mining.
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Rudy Romney Baby! Rudy Romney!
What's the difference between someone who supports Rudy simply because the "one issue" of the WoT and someone who refuses to vote for him based on their "one issue" of the 2nd Amendment?
Excellent news. We are going to need all the help we can get now that Hillary and her HINO are officially taking steps to assure her coronation.
I can't think of a worse person, or a worse two-for-the-price-of one duo than the Arkansas Grifters. There is no politician in America who could do more harm to America.
Let's get behind the strongest candidate who can actually win.
This contest is important for America because the fight itself (the campaign) is the pedigree for the one to be crowned. The winner must prove his/her mettle in the ultimate field of battle...and the American Presidential campaign.
Cool, eh?
My earlier post, the excerpt from the American Spectator, gives a number of reasons why Rudy should be acceptable to conservatives, and it doesn't even mention the WOT.
...and the analogy doesn't fit because the basic constitutional right to own firearms will remain safe, while the Global War on Terror will remain a very real threat to the safety of Americans for years to come.
Very cool,indeed.
Wow, he's getting the best of the best. :-)
I would still support a third party. He is a liberal and I do not vote for liberals.
Obama thanks Rudy for being a Rino.
Primary, none. In the general election I'd suggest Rudy is superior to either Hillary or Obama on the WOT. He's not good on the 2nd or abortion, but better to have a Republican, who will likely be less proactive on those issues, in the White House. GWB was a Brady bill supporter, he was going to sign the extension, but he didn't make it a priority. A Democrat would have.
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