In 1972, computers and campaigns were just getting acquainted. Fundraising appeals using direct mail lists were considered revolutionary - and helpful to a young Karl Rove working on the Nixon re-election campaign.”Young people have got to reach other young people,” Rove told CBS News at the time, “and that is what we are seeking to […]

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Back in August, Time Magazine wrote about “the extraordinary appeal of Facebook“:
Facebook’s appeal is both obvious and rather subtle. It’s a website, but in a sense, it’s another version of the Internet itself: a Net within the Net, one that’s everything the larger Net is not. Facebook is cleanly designed and has a classy, upmarket […]

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Can an online presence for a small campaign make a difference?  If the answer is “yes” then Ron Paul’s 2008 bid for presidency may be the best how-to manual for Republicans seeking ways to make headway online.
True, the New American isn’t the most objective source (it is run by the John Birch Society after all).  Still, this article […]

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Dean Barnett at The Weekly Standard looks at the netroots movement of the left and talks about the lack of one on the right:
Some people on the right fear that the left as developed an insurmountable advantage in harnessing the power of the Internet. While the Daily Kos, YearlyKos, and other bastions of online liberalism […]

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