Erick Erickson has been touting the mantra: “Down with punditry. Up with activism.” We whole-heartily agree. Over at MyManMitt we’ve put up a quick splash page for Halloween to raise some money for the campaign. This is something we’ve done periodically throughout the year.
In short, we drive traffic to the site with quality information and them move our audience from readers to pundits to activists. Its worked pretty well to date. We’ve raised almost $80,000.
I’m hoping the model and the key learnings we’ve had from this process will be helpful to all of us once the nominee is known (Mitt or Rudy).
I haven’t broached this subject with Kavon yet… but what do you think? What role should Race42008.com play in the general election? Just news and punditry? What kind of activism should we promote here if any?
October 31st, 2007 at 9:08 am
That will be up to Kavon. I think we can do both though.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:31 am
Romney as prez is pretty damn scary!! Plus, Huck needs the money more.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:36 am
Pablo… kind of a catch-22 isn’t it. To be President, you need to raise money. Mitt is good at raising money, Huck isn’t. So… is that a direct corollary?
Coming back to the question again. One of the serious factors in choosing a nominee for the GOP should be: who can raise enough money to beat Hillary?
October 31st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Justin, I commend you for your fund raising efforts.
Instead of waiting for the next rally for Romney, I was going to start fund raising for Q4 by mid-November. Nearly anyone could spare a few bucks here and there.
If anyone is reading who has never donated before, do it. It is easy, it is safe and secure. The liberals have out raised Republicans by a healthy margin so far. From the Hillary videos posted yesterday, it is clear that the Clintons have not been ethical with their fund raising. Surprise ugh?
As to what role I think this site should play in the 2008 election, I think it should be the same with more emphasis on fund raising. We’ve got to fund raise if we expect to be a viable party in 2008.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:46 am
The real question is what do we do on Jan. 20th, 2009?
I’m thinking of a Home and Garden/Home Improvement, do-it-yourself kinda thing personally.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:57 am
Kavon,
Consider advocating for Republican causes by focusing on the 2010 mid elections, news, and other conservative events.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:21 am
Kavon, we can help GOP candidates for 2010 and then help Romney’s re-election bid for 2012.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:24 am
5. Kavon,
Excellent idea. Race ’4 0ak Shade.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:06 am
any day at Mitt’s sounds rather frightening.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:12 am
#9: yeah, spooky, especially the five zombie brothers LOL
October 31st, 2007 at 11:14 am
Mitt really shouldn’t mention the other candidates’ hair – as bad as his looked at the FOX debate!
October 31st, 2007 at 2:34 pm
http://thisnovember5th.com/ ?
October 31st, 2007 at 2:35 pm
The above site means that RP will earn ~$1,344,000 in one day. I just found it sort of interesting.