Young conservatives attempt to save GOP from itself 28 July, 2007
Posted by Zack in 2008, GOP, Patrick Ruffini, YouTube debate.trackback
Patrick Ruffini has written a great piece on the GOP’s crisis with new media that has suddenly come into focus because of the impending snub of the YouTube “People’s Debate.” (And I’m not just recommending it because he gives me so much airtime in the article.)
Patrick was the webmaster for Bush-Cheney ’04 and ran internet strategy at the RNC from 2005-2007 (and has a whole lot of other campaign experience besides that). He his now one of the leaders of a young cadre of conservatives trying to save the GOP from itself, along with Michael Turk, David All and many others. Keep your eye on these guys.
Ruffini just showed how little he understands about the internet when he spoke of being able to inflict a Macacca moment on a Dem. Campaigns don’t have to be involved in such things(even if they were in the eponymous case). If your people sit around and wait for the campaign to tell them what to do, your party is going to be irrelevant. If your campaign is capable of running fast enough to keep up with what your supporters are doing, you might survive life on the internet.