Koch Brothers, Republicans Join Forces To Close Technology Gap On Obama, Democrats

[Galraedia]

Source: Huffington Post

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama was famously effective in using new technologies to raise money, mobilize voters and target his message of change.

In this year's campaign, his opponents are determined to turn the tables.

Republican political operatives, some with deep financial backing from the billionaire Koch brothers and others, are unleashing about a half dozen major projects that take advantage of advanced database technologies to manage campaigns and target voters with personalized messages.

Few doubt that political parties and factions that can gain an edge in the data wars will be in a good position on election day - and could potentially build institutional advantages that will pay dividends for years to come.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/koch-brothers-republicans-technology_n_1523540.html?ref=politics

[Woody Woodpecker]

1. Looking at the latest technology of the masses..

*looks at FR* - yup. A gap the size of Grand Canyon.

[onehandle]

3. RimJob spent fourteen bucks on the BBS software in the 1990s...

And probably a couple of hundred bucks on monthly bandwidth and hosting.

The rest of the cash from his sheep goes into his pocket.

[Stuckinthebush]

2. If you build it, they don't necessarily come

The reason the technology angle worked so well for the Dems is because their base is tech savy. Not so much for the GOP base.

[eggplant]

4. Don't underestimate this threat.

The power of micromarketing has exploded over the past ten years, and the service bureaus that exist for this very purpose are politically neutral -- they'll take anyone's money.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Except their demographic doesn't use this sort of tech

They talk a good game but beyond their ridiculous chain emails, their demo listens to radio and watches TV.

They may try to pay for twitter sock puppets though.

[eggplant]

6. You misunderstood my point

It isn't their *base* that needs to be savvy, it is their party strategists.

[EFerrari]

8. And they are, if the stories of bad credit card charges to benefit the GOP in WI

are any indication.

[unkachuck]

7. "...target voters with personalized messages."

....let them spend all their money on the selling of slick willard (the rich wall-street Mormon, understander of economies and dog abuser)

....this election is easy....the average voter should already know for whom they're going to be voting....match the pukes tit-for-tat and keep voters focused on they're initial impressions and instincts and Obama will sail to victory on election day....by late October slick-willard should look every bit as desirable as gramps was in 2008....

[Unite2DefeatGOP]

9. Talk loudly at bus stops. Also, at online 'non-partisan' forums...were I see them daily.

For instance ...anywhere outside DU. Yahoo Answers, City Data, Etc.
These are the 'bus stops' of our age, and they're OVERRUN with conservatives.

We're losing this battle.
Feel free to join me slopping through con filth on Y!A, any time you want:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120519202247AANhw5h

[The Stranger]

10. You're correct. When confronted, however, they often slink away.

It quickly becomes evident to all present that they have nothing to support their one-liner positions and slogans.

[The Stranger]

11. If they're "unleashing these projects" in mid-May with the election in November,

they seem to be a bit late.