August 30, 2006
"We Work for the Green Party"
That's what Eric Porres of Pericles Consulting, LLC told Online Media Daily about their decision to offer help to Sen. Joe Lieberman in re-launching his Web site.
Porres said whoever was willing to part with the green first (which happened to be the Republican Party, which his company has been associated with ever since) was the group his company would work with.
Political consultant Michael Bassik, who works with the Democratic firm MHSC Partners, said consultancies often align themselves along party lines, and this partially explains why several Democratic Web site consultants turned down Lieberman's request for help in re-establishing his site. But Eric Porres says he is willing to cross party lines and help Lieberman and so Pericles Consulting decided to offer their services, although it is not certain whether Lieberman will accept the offer.
Blue State Digital, one of the companies that Lieberman contacted for assistance, replied that they were unable to help the Senator because they “work exclusively with Democratic candidates.” Additionally, Blue State Digital has already been working with the Ned Lamont campaign, which could cause a conflict of interest if they also worked with Lieberman. PlusThree, another Democratic online consulting firm, also declined Lieberman’s request.
Media Mezcla LLC, which produces Campaign Engine, has used the Lieberman misfortune as advertisement for their product with an ad that reads: “If Joe Lieberman had used Campaign Engine, his site would still be up.”
Is Media Mezcla willing to help the Senator re-launch his online campaign? Nope, they don’t cross party lines, either. Too bad, Senator. Too bad.
Republican-allied Firm Offers to Help Lieberman with Web Site
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Posted by Buzz Webster at August 30, 2006 10:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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