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New GOP Web Site Launches

October 13, 2009

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The Republican National Committee has launched a new Web site, which is heavy on collaboration, user interaction -- and features a tiny talking GOP Chairman Michael Steele. RNC New Media Director Todd Herman hinted at the redesign in June at the Personal Democracy Forum annual conference in New York City. At the event, he said his party was preparing for a Web-based revolution and tech-savvy conservatives had finished licking their campaign 2008 wounds. "Conservatives online are dying to organize," Herman said. A memo he posted on GOP.com promised "[a] new look and a more enjoyable, modern, open and participatory way to share our ideals with the country." Read a more thorough review of the site at RedState.com.

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