Joe Trippi says Republicans…
Posted by David on April 5th, 2007
…Still don’t get it. And he’s right…again.
And what that means is that the problem is no longer simply a failure to communicate effectively in a modern world, but Republican candidates are now failing to match, or even come close, to Democrats in online contributions:
The imbalance also points to a digital divide that separates the two parties, according to Joe Trippi, who served as Howard Dean’s campaign manager four years ago. No numbers are available for GOP online fundraising, but Trippi said a concerted effort to build an online infrastructure by Democrats means Republican numbers will not approach the more than $15 million raised by Democrats over the Internet.
“We built it and they didn’t,” Trippi said of the Democrats. “Now it’s paying big dividends.”
Fortunately, some people (ahem) in the Republican Party are trying to turn this ship around before we slam in to the iceberg.
But all too often, no matter how fast and hard I spin the wheel in the wheelhouse, the factory-approach continues to be the preferred method of travel.
It’s difficult for an optimist like me to be cynical, but perhaps the Party truly needs to hit rock bottom before they actually get it? Either that or we need our Howard Dean-like candidate to prove the power of the Internet.
Which one do you think will happen first? I have a hunch…
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There is a consensus among a lot of GOP Internet strategists that our past electoral success has contributed directly to our complacency online. If we have a successful formula, why mess with it? We don’t, the theory goes, want to start screwing with the recipe and end up being the political equivalent of New Coke.
I suspect, and have had this sentiment confirmed by many others, that we will not right this ship before we a) lose it all, and b) spend a few years lost in the wilderness…
[...] Following the Q1 money reports, bloggers and the pundits are all atwitter about Democrat online fundraising numbers. My friend Robert Bluey pens a column rounding up the story in Townhall. Other places with good thoughts on this debate are Kung Fu Quip (authored by ex-RNC Internet director Mike Turk), David All and the Bivings Report. [...]
[...] On the right, Robert Bluey, Patrick Ruffini, Michael Turk, and Todd Zeigler. And, on the left, Joe Trippi has weighed in and so has Matt Stoller. [...]
[...] As our national Party and Presidential campaigns continue to get lapped online by the Democratic Party and its respective candidates, Michigan is one bright spot on the map where the innovators are Republicans. And shockingly, it’s a blue state (for now). [...]
[...] Since I am relatively new to politics online, although neither politics nor technology, I followed the conversation last week between Patrick Ruffini, Rob Bluey, David All, Michael Turk (here and here), and Matt Stoller, with comments from Conn Carroll, with interest but I did not jump in. But between that an a conversation sponsored by Rob Bluey last week, a nagging feeling has emerged that I am going to talk about here. [...]
[...] Since I am relatively new to politics online, although neither politics nor technology, I followed the conversation last week between Patrick Ruffini, Rob Bluey, David All, Michael Turk (here and here), and Matt Stoller, with comments from Conn Carroll, with interest but I did not jump in. But between that an a conversation sponsored by Rob Bluey last week, a nagging feeling has emerged that I am going to talk about here. [...]
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