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Ron Paul

marksstc — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:58:03 -0400

It's easy to be sarcastically dismissive of Ron Paul; sarcasm though, is a poor substitute for debate. Make no mistake -- Ron Paul is not delusional. He admits he's not going to win the GOP nomination. But he's campaigning to continue educating people about the need for constitutional government, individual liberty, sound money, and a sane foreign policy. If you actually listened to his recent video message, he says the campaign is about ideas, not about him.

Must be difficult for most people to accept a politician who's not simply in it for personal power.

Mark Smith

Spot on!

justin@justinhamilton.org — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:56:22 -0400

Not only do most people assume a "web site guy" is all you need, I think they fail to realize that what is needed is a multi disciplined expert who has a seat at the decision making table, as much as a chief of staff, comm director or campaign manager.

What title then...

Sue Reen — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:59:23 -0400

Phil says Cyrus Krohn should get a better title besides eCampaign Director. What do *you* think his title should be?

I agree with the idea that the internet should be utilized by all parts of the campaign, I'm just trying to flesh out what that really means to a campaign structure:

Presumably the people calling you and Zack for suggestions on an "internet guy" actually need someone who, you know, puts content on the internet. Are flash animations and CMS setups now part of being the communications director? What's the title of the person who does that?

Should the campaign manager be hanging out in the latest social networking app? What's the title of the person who does that? Do they work in field or communications?

Are the backend functions of the website just a part of IT/Operations?

Who is the gatekeeper when finance says they need personal fundraising pages and they have the perfect (Salesforce-like) vendor and field says they need social networking and they have the perfect (Facebook-like) software, but the databases don't talk to each other. Is it the same person who evaluates the best anti-virus solution for the campaign laptops?

Who creates the YouTube account and encodes the video? Is it the same person/department managing the Twitter account?

You get my point...

All of these are functions of a someone who would be considered an "Internet Person". I'm not disagreeing with the premise of your post, just trying to see how it would actually be implemented.