Online Tools: Republicans on the Web

There’s some activity with the field of Republican candidates on the web.

Arizona Senator John McCain re-launched his exploratory committee website at www.johnmccain.com and with added features and several more videos. (Including the required homage to President Ronald Reagan.) Also, if you cursor over the three panels toward the bottom of the page, you get an annoying and repeated messages from the senator himself.

McCain, in an attempt to reach the conservative online activists, completely ripped off MySpace with his online connecting tool, McCainSpace. (Sounds a little “nose in the air,” don’t you think?)

And finally, the most laughable addition is on McCain’s “Undecided?” page where he tries to get skeptical conservatives off the fence and join him. See the highlighted text in the attached image below.

John McCain

Apparently McCain thinks conservatives were born yesterday.

Also on the web, Jim Gilmore’s campaign! It’s alive!

After a month absence from, well, everything, the former Virginia Governor launched his exploratory committee website this week at www.gilmoreforpresident.com, showing the first sign of life from his campaign in weeks.

Meanwhile, crickets continue to chirp at the online home of Congressman Ron Paul (R-Surfside, Tex.). Though, don’t sweat, “this website will be completed soon.” Yet, Paul continues to lead the Republicans in MySpace friends, according to the recently launched techPresident, a project of Personal Democracy Forum.

California Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine, Calif.) retooled his campaign website at www.gohunter08.com with a more sleek appearance. Hunter continues to include Iraq in the War on Terror. (Hat tip: Michael Turk, techPresident)

Posted by Matt Ortega
Friday, February 16, 2007 at 4:43 pm

5 Responses to “Online Tools: Republicans on the Web”

Also, McCain’s site is ugly. Black and gray, no color. It’s just not attractive for a user spending time on the site.

Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
February 16, 2007 at 5:14pm

[...] Online Tools: Republicans on the Web [...]

Left by The Right’s Field » Fun with Logos: McCain & “Top Gun”
February 16, 2007 at 5:15pm

[...] In his first post at techPresident, David All has a good summary of John McCain’s just-launched exploratory committee website. And there are more thoughts out there from Brad Levinson, Alison Hayward and Matt Ortega. [...]

Left by Off Color at Blog P.I.
February 16, 2007 at 6:27pm

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