February 25, 2004

Get Ready for Republican Blogads!

Wired magazine, Instapundit and others have noted the success that Democratic congressional candidate Ben Chandler in Kentucky had raising funds via ads on political blogs – and both have noted the dearth of Republican candidates advertising on blogs. In fact, Henry Copeland, one of the moving forces behind Blogads, told me in an email that there are none so far.

Well, that's about the change.

In the next few days, a Republican congressional candidate will start advertising here at HobbsOnline. When it happens, I hope you'll respond with donations – in fact, if you're inclined to support this blog with a donation via PayPal or my Amazon tip jar I would request that you give $10 or $25 to the congressional candidate instead. It's important for the success of blog advertising – and, more importantly, will help the candidate defeat a Democrat and solidify Republican control of Congress. The $10 or $25 you donate to the candidate now could help prevent Democrats from raising your taxes by hundreds or even thousands of dollars next year – imperiling the economic recovery - by failing to make the Bush tax cuts permanent.

One final note – I have adjusted prices for advertising on this site because my original rate sheet didn't make much logical sense. However, the price for a 3-month ad will remain $135 through the end of February, a very substantial discount off the per-week and two-week price. Buy a three-month ad before March 1 and I'll give you a fourth month free. On March 1, the price for a three-month placement will be adjusted to $165.