Is the Political Tide Turning Already?
(Maybe… at least in fundraising)

After being trounced month after month by Democrats (especially through better use of the Internet), the GOP has finally won a round in the fundraising contest.

According to a report from Fox News, Republicans beat Democrats handily in fundraising statistics for February. In that month, the RNC pulled in $5.1 million, while the DNC raised only $3.26 million. By contrast, two years ago (while still under the chairmanship of Howard Dean), the DNC raised $5.5 million in February of 2007. Read more

Chairman Steele “Gets It”

At a news conference in Portland, Oregon, RNC chairman Michael Steele made some encouraging comments.

First, rather than sidestepping the issue, he frankly admitted that “[the Democrats'] team has a better game plan. Their team has a better set of players. Their team has the winning way.”

Then, according to the Portland Observer, Steele also acknowledged the need to “deliver a different message, one exalted in the boilerplate Republican principles of rugged individualism and trimming government,” and stressed that “we are a conservative party.”

Beyond this, he “noted that the Republican Party also needs to better implement technology and ‘all of that fun stuff.’”

We couldn’t agree more strongly. Once again: true conservatism + technology = victory!

Obama Planning Massive Online Campaign To Rally Support

During his campaign, President Barack Obama amassed over 13 million e-mail addresses of supporters. The campaign is over, but the power of Obama’s database is still very much with us. And Obama plans to use that power to mount a massive grassroots campaign to rally support for his political agenda.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Obama intends to ask his 13 million e-enthusiasts to go door-to-door to solicit pledges of support. Those recruited will, in turn, themselves be entered into the database. Read more

Mike Huckabee: Put Conservatism Into Practice

In an editorial published in the Washington Times, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has called upon conservatives to cease their “hand wringing” and their “night sweats about the demise of the conservative movement.”

As the former Arkansas governor sees it, the recent Republican debacle isn’t the result of a failure of conservative principles, but rather of a failure to genuinely abide by them. Read more

RNC’s Top Internet Official Resigns

In a move that will doubtlessly be perceived as a serious setback in the GOP’s quest to retake the technological lead, eCampaign-Director Cyrus Krohn has tendered his resignation.

Krohn’s legacy is formidable. Among other achievements, he is credited with building the RNC’s Facebook group to the point where it had about 7,000 more members than its Democratic counterpart, and with growing the RNC’s e-mail list from 1.8 million to over 12 million. Read more