Obama Uses Database to Support Dem Congressional Candidate
We’ve already noted how President Obama has repurposed his campaign database as a tool to rally grassroots support for his political agenda.
Now, he’s taken the next logical step. Obama has allowed the use of his “Organizing for America” (OFA) database to help Scott Murphy, the Democratic candidate in a hotly contested special congressional race in New York’s 20th district. Around 60,000 e-mails were sent out on Wednesday urging Obama’s supporters to also support Murphy. 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!
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