Michael Connell in '99: "Im loyal to my friends and Im loyal to the Bush family"

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With his strong ties to the GOP and especially the Bush family, how soon can it be until New Medias Connell weighs in on George W.s campaign?

Connells response is measured almost as though sputtering through a slow-speed modem: Ill tell you what I can tell you, he says, in the manner of a politician. Weve been asked by three or four different presidential campaigns to do their Web sites, and what we said to them all was: I wouldnt be where I am today without the Bush campaign and the Bush family because the Bushes truly are about family and Im loyal to my network, Im loyal to my friends and Im loyal to the Bush family, so there is only one place I can be in 2000. Connell refuses to comment on what role that might be, though.

In the meantime, New Media is working like its the closing days of a campaign. It launched a new site for the Republican National Committee and is developing a new site for the Ohio Republican Party. And New Medias Campaign Webmaster software designed with Republican candidates and tight-budgeted campaigns in mind allows campaigns to create a customized site with news releases, ad scripts, position papers and the ability to enlist volunteers and take donations.

Connell freely offers his campaign promise for the 2000 election: There are things we will be doing on election day that havent even been dreamt of yet.