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Republican Group’s New Media Director Stresses Digital Content

By Katie Kaye, ClickZ

With the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s last new media director off to a new job in Facebook’s Washington, D.C. office, Alex Skatell has filled the role. The just-hired new media director recently held a similar position at the Republican Governors Association, and aims to ensure the NRSC has the resources to produce quality websites, ads, and video.

“I want to build out a more robust media operation,” said … Read more

NJ Gov. Chris Christie proves adept at using social media

By Christopher Schnaar, DailyRecord.com

As a candidate 18 months ago, Gov. Chris Christie had relatively few fans on the Internet.

Now, Christie has amassed tens of thousands of Internet followers who could bolster a 2013 re-election bid or a run for the White House, but his support on the Web pales in comparison with other Republican stalwarts.

As candidate Barack Obama showed … Read more

Trump lays down his stance on social issues

By: CNN Political Unit

Washington (CNN) – Continuing his flirtations with a White House bid, real estate mogul Donald Trump defended his conservative credentials across the board in an interview with Fox News Monday night.

“I’m a very conservative person. I’m very big into the military. I’m a great guy for defense,” Trump told Fox New’s Greta Van Susteren. “I am … Read more

Conservatives Branch Out With New Media Ventures

By Kelley Vlahos, FOX News

WASHINGTON – When conservative movies, music, YouTube videos and newscasts are considered “hip and cool,” you know the movement has come a long way.

So say attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, where a variety of activists have been taking it to the next level, utilizing social media like Facebook and Twitter — as well as technology that allows them to produce … Read more

CPAC Bloggers Given Sneak Peak of New “Atlas Shrugged” Film

By Philip Klein, The American Spectator

Last night, along with other bloggers at the Freedom Works’ CPAC party, I got to see several scenes from the upcoming adaptation of Ayn Rand’s classic novel Atlas Shrugged. The showing was part of the producers’ effort to generate grassroots support for the film to help distribute it into theaters nationwide.

As a … Read more