Web Firms to Lieberman: "We work exclusively with Democratic candidates"

[Human Torch]

Online Consultants Turn Down Lieberman
by Shankar Gupta, Friday, Aug 25, 2006 6:00 AM ET



http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=47284&Nid=22792&p=233729

CONNECTICUT SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN IS searching for a firm to manage his campaign's Web site for the upcoming election--and coming up short. So far, two Democratic Web site consultants have turned down the campaign because they don't want to cross party lines. Lieberman, who recently lost the Democratic primary for Senate to challenger Ned Lamont, is now running as an Independent. Lieberman's campaign did not return calls for comment.

Blue State Digital, an online communications consultancy, was approached by Lieberman's campaign to run the Web site, Joe2006.com, but declined by e-mail, stating, "Thank you for your inquiry about Blue State Digital's technology services. Unfortunately, we cannot be of service to the Lieberman campaign. We work exclusively with Democratic candidates."

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Eric Porres, co-founder of political online advertising firm Pericles Consulting, said that not all political consultancies operate along partisan lines. "When we started Pericles Consulting, we always said that we would work for the 'green' party--whomever was interested in parting with some green would be the group that we would work with," he said. "In our case, Republicans jumped first, and then we were automatically labeled a 'Republican firm.'"

Porres added that Pericles would be willing to cross party lines and work for Lieberman. "The bottom line is that the companies balking at Lieberman's campaign show a typically myopic way of viewing business in the face of politics," he said. "Put another way, we'd be happy to work with Joe Lieberman."

[Lerkfish]

1. lol!

I hope holyjoe DOES use a republican web company!

[Ian David]

2. Which company did The Swiftboaters? n/t

[Human Torch]

3. It was done by the same guy who does the Freepers' site...

"Robinson-DeFehr Consulting, LLC."

There was an article posted on DU at the time. I think the guy who does the site is "Jim Rob's" ("Rim Job's) brother.

DUers in the know can fill you in here, but F.R. was definitely behind that site.

:patriot:

[quiet.american]

4. What a joke the Pericles firm is on more than one level.

A corporate philosophy of working with "whoever is willing to part with the green" sounds mercenary enough to see why the GOP would "jump" on board for their services. Then the firm claims they were "labeled" as a Republican firm, yet in the next breath claim that although they are out to work for whoever would pay them, they would be crossing party lines to work with Lieberman, which they actually wouldn't be doing, as he is the de facto Republican candidate in CT.

Way to go, Blue State Digital, though. :thumbsup: