[Infowarrior] - Republicans get gTLD name

[Richard Forno]

c/o Ferg..... it's not exactly a Friday Funny, but maybe it could be???

Subject: [gtldnotification] New gTLD Registry Agreement for republican
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:08:36 +0000 (GMT)
TLD: republican
Date of Contract Signature: 2014-03-20
Registry Operator: United TLD Holdco Ltd.
Application ID: 1-1255-42012

(And yes, I'd be snarking any dot-democrat gTLD, too.)

Ready for .gop?
By Julian Hattem
March 15, 2014, 02:57 pm

If the political campaigns of the future will be waged online, the Republican Party hopes to keep the fight on its turf with .gop domain names. 

As soon as next week, the GOP hopes to roll out the first ever partisan top-level domain name. And, if all goes according to plan, candidates and activists will be operating from websites ending in .gop by the midterm elections in November.
 
“We know that this going to be a major factor in helping Republicans organize online,” said Will Martinez, vice president for sales and marketing with the Republican State Leadership Committee’s effort. 

Partly, the movement hopes to counterbalance the vastly superior technology focus that President Obama’s reelection team had in the 2012 election. The Republican Party’s so-called autopsy report after that election repeatedly noted the importance of web strategy and new media outreach for modern politics.
 
“It’s not by any means a silver bullet or something that closes a tech or data deficiency, but it does take a big step forward in terms of creating a culture where the latest digital trends are part of the conversation in the GOP,” Martinez said.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/200859-ready-for-gop#ixzz2wcPaqDDK