The Right Taps Blogs for Bucks

Wired> In an answer to liberal activists’ online successes with fund raising and rabble rousing, Michael Krempasky and fellow conservative blogger Ben Domenech decided to fight liberals with one of their own innovations: a right-leaning activist site. More than two weeks before the Democratic convention, on July 12, Krempasky and Domenech — both in their 20s — launched RedState.org as an outlet for conservative bloggers and blog readers. Borrowing tactics from progressive activist blogs, such as Daily Kos and Eschaton, Red State encourages readers to support Republican candidates in tightly contested races. read more>