Finally, The Right Gets Organized
Martin’s Vanguard project represents a perfect “merger” of technology, strategy, capital, and ideology.
by Monty Warner
The Daily Caller
April 1, 2011
In 2006, Democrats rode a wave of discontent with the Iraq War and the Bush administration’s Katrina response to a resounding, power-shifting victory. Republicans were demoralized, disorganized and rudderless, and fundraising for many right-leaning causes plummeted.
After four years of Democrat stimulus packages, “green jobs,” nutty cash-for-clunkers proposals, et al, Republicans fell back into the House majority much in the way Jimmy Carter got elected president: through the back door. Meanwhile, Democrats had formed potent fundraising organizations such as the Center for American Progress and MoveOn.org. Despite a wretched political climate for Democrats in 2010, MoveOn managed to raise $30 million online, of which $7.5 million was invested in infrastructure to continue driving the digital liberal agenda. Republicans, clinging to talk radio and consultant-laden efforts in reverence of the lucrative Swift Boat Veterans campaign, had no insti…