GrassrootsPA
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| Available in | English |
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| Created by | Chris Lilik |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Current status | Defunct |
GrassrootsPAwas a political news website centered on thepolitics of Pennsylvania.It was founded in 2004 by then law studentChris Lilik,aPat Toomeysupporter and became a "must-click resource" for Pennsylvania's conservative community.[1]Even though Toomey lost that race, the website continued as a gathering place for conservatives and Specter's foes.[2]The website also gainedmainstream mediaattention as a source of breaking political news.[3][4]Political commentatorChris Bravacosnoted that GrassrootsPA attracted significantly higher readership than the official websites for the two major political parties.[5]
During the public outcry following the2005 Pennsylvania legislative pay raise,GrassrootsPA served as a focal point for reform activists.[6]The American Spectatorcalled GrassrootsPA a "flashpoint of this conservative revolution" inPennsylvania.[7]
In 2010,Politics Magazinedescribed GrassrootsPA as "Pennsylvania'sDrudge Report."[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Pounding the rock".Pittsburgh Tribune Review.Pittsburgh. January 9, 2005. Archived fromthe originalon September 24, 2006.
- ^Murdock, Deroy (November 8, 2004)."His Own Worst Enemy".National Review Online.National Review.
- ^"More from The Big Race".postgazetteNOW.Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Post Gazette. September 8, 2006.
- ^"Bad football analogies".postgazetteNOW.Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Post Gazette. September 13, 2006.
- ^Bravacos, Chris (March 22, 2009)."What Now for the GOP? Party Needs New Strategy".PennLive LLC.PennLive LLC.
- ^Adams, Helen Colwell (May 21, 2006)."Waking up Harrisburg".Intelligencer Journal.Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Archived fromthe originalon November 2, 2012.
- ^"The Toomey Revolution".The American Spectator.The American Spectator. January 7, 2005. Archived fromthe originalon September 29, 2011.RetrievedApril 28,2009.
- ^Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010)."Pennsylvania Influencers"(PDF).Politics Magazine.pp. 44–49. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2009-12-29.
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