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Rather than use conservative web sites to present their case many Republicans are choosing the liberal Huffington Post to try and sway opinion.
From the Politico
When Tom Coburn wanted to pitch his criticism of the Democrats’ health care plan last month, the senator’s office considered sympathetic media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and the conservative blog RedState.
Instead, the Oklahoma Republican went with The Huffington Post.
Despite its liberal leanings, Republican member and aides have begun heading to The Huffington Post to talk up their views.
Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the eponymous site four years ago this month, said that increased Republican engagement “is a reflection of our traffic, our brand, and the fact that we are increasingly seen … as an Internet newspaper, not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover the news.”
That’s not exactly how the Republicans see it. While GOP aides say they’re treated fairly by Huffington Post reporters, they know that their views are likely to take a beating from the site’s bloggers, commenters and headline writers.
But the opportunity for impact is irresistible.
Just as Democrats learned to love — or at least understand — the Drudge Report, Republicans flock to The Huffington Post largely because of the site’s broad reach. In April, The Huffington Post brought in a record 8.8 million unique visitors, according to Nielsen — a number that includes quite a few mainstream media journalists and cable news producers.
The Republicans are unlikely to change the minds of any HuffPo readers but on the other hand the site has a broader reach than conservative web sites and if the party is trying to move to the middle this is certainly one way of doing it.
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10 Comments for Republicans Take Their Case to HuffPo
Seeing that liberal bloggers avoid conservative wesites, TV and radio, I think this is a good idea. They don’t have to preach to the choir.
Your title appears to have a spelling error in it, or am I mistaken?
Is it takle or take?
If it’s takle, should it be tackle?
I am reading it this way:
“Republicans Take Their Case to HuffPo”
Senator Tom Coburn needs to apologize profusely for his bailout vote and correct his erroneous and almost slanderous attacks of Ron Paul on earmarks and the proper use thereof!
He needs to lead the charge to actually reduce spending. Voting against an earmark does not reduce spending at all. The money will still be spent, just somewhere else if the earmark fails!
Senator Coburn needs to oppose BAD earmarks as they all do not the earmark process of saying where the money is to be spent!
Congress should earmark as much as possible to keep budget appropriations in the hands of the congress where it should be constitutionally. We want it out of the hands of the executive branch and staff where what is not properly appropriated seems to land these days. One of the worst problems with the stimulus bill was the lack of earmarks which left it to who knows where but you can bet it won’t be good . . .
So what are “good” earmarks, Sandra?
Earmarks that allocate where funds are to go may be voted for or against. Voting against an earmark however in no way reduces spending. The money just goes back in the pool to be spent later. This stuff is not rocket science folks. We need to cut spending not eliminate earmarks!
bwaaaaahhhhaaa!
Huffpro losing hits and they try to pander to republicans or make news that we read huffpro?!?!?!
What a bunch of bull. Huffpro needs to take their beating and shut down just like the other liberal news hags claiming to report the truth.
The Huffington Post is like a two-story-high pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces that one has to sift through interminably to be able to assemble a few pieces that may actually go together to begin creating some kind of picture. The website is not user-friendly and it’s definitely bloated with too much schlock.
8.8 million hits from lefty loonies and beltway insiders… so the RINOs are now “making nice” in public with those whose ass they’ve been kissing in the back room for decades?
Good joke. Goes to show the Repugnicans are lefties at heart. Screw them!
There should never be earmarks in any Bill in either House. If they want something, let them put it in a separate Bill, or have the States request them from the House or Senate.
Earmarks are always per projects normally hidden from Bills which do not have time for the parties to go over and see what they are. One of NObama’s promise during the campaign was to Eliminate all Earmarks, and/or Pork Projects.
Once he took office, he has signed several Bills which include more than 103 earmarks, the most coming at one time in the $410 Billion Dollar package.
Both parties are guilty of earmarks.
We are already spending money we do not have, we do not need to add even more to those totals.
I am now, and have been sure that no one in the Administration knows what they are doing, and those that do, are the most dangerous.
This reminds us that Republicans always have courted the media elite. Twenty years ago they were always begging had in hand at the NY Times and Wash Post. It is a mistake to bypass the conservative media.