Check out this week's Pub Politics at WACH FOX, Wesley showing the right side as always! … [Read more...]
Social Media Keeps People Honest
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Transparency is still an issue that the public demands. Many hoped that the promises of the last election cycle would bring about a badly needed understanding of transparency and thus a higher standard of holding officials accountable. While it might not be happening through government, it’s happening through the Internet. The Internet is making people honest. People are good people for the most part. We've always thought that most public officials, even ones plagued by scandal are good … [Read more...]
A New Age: Net Activism
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We’ve mentioned before how this digital age has influenced and crafted the ways in which messaging, dialogue, and strategy is delivered to the voting base. We’ve talked about the methods, strategies, techniques- all that jazz- that tends to affect how voters perceive a candidate, and how social media can influence an election. This week proved to be one of the greatest achievements for our industry, proof that our craft has shown its’ full potential, and is now a vital tool to the … [Read more...]
Donehue Direct Makes Key Hire: Patrick Arnold, Director of Campaign Management
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
January 25, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wesley Donehue Email: Wesley@DonehueDirect.com Donehue Direct Hires New Director of Campaign Management Columbia, SC - Donehue Direct is proud to announce the hiring of Patrick Arnold as the new Director of Campaign Management, adding a wealth of expertise and experience to the senior leadership staff. A Louisiana native, Arnold has worked with numerous state and local organizations, including rising GOP star Louisiana Gov. Bobby … [Read more...]
SOPA, A Regulatory Disaster
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Being an Internet based firm, we are always interested in the newest trends and regulations affecting the industry. SOPA is certainly an issue that we’re monitoring, and we’ve given long thought to the benefits and reservations associated with the act. It seems that the House Judiciary Committee’s decision to table the bill might have been wisest decision to date. SOPA’s intention is to curb online piracy and protect the interests of American companies. Supporters of the act … [Read more...]
Get Out And Be Somebody
January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
IT’S the solar eclipse of politics, and it only happens once every 4 (or 8) years. It’s the time when importance and relevance is finally cast on the great state of South Carolina, and our opinion truly matters. Eight years is a long time span, with four seeming to be just as much. For someone in their formidable years, it can mean the difference of pursuing a career (or life) path that they wouldn’t normally pursue, or taking the easy corporate route. Something about the lights, the … [Read more...]
Twitter: Your Ethical Base, and Public Information Center
January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Twitter is an experience. It really is. I was reading my twitter-feed with the usual blend of humor, political insight, spam, and emotion (as usual), and I thought of something. Never before has there been a medium where one could inform the public of what’s going on with such little effort. Twitter’s instantaneous nature, coupled with its massive reach could serve to protect, rather than destroy one’s image as it’s done this year. Tweets just really aren’t used properly or as they … [Read more...]
Wesley Donehue on CBS Evening News talking Primary Politics
January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Not even two weeks in and this year has already been crazy! It’s a presidential election year and politics comes first and foremost in everyone’s minds. With our base of operation located in the Palmetto State, things look to get even more nuts as we approach the South Carolina Primary in a little over a week. As Presidential candidates fight it out for the heart (and more importantly the votes) of South Carolinians, the media will be there chronicling it all. But the media needs … [Read more...]
Wesley Named Among Top 50 Movers and Shakers in Columbia
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a great year for everyone at Donehue Direct. Most everyone in the office is either embarking on a new career goal, relationship, graduation…who really even knows. This office understands the value of risk. We take risks. We fail. But ultimately, we learn from those failures and we succeed. It’s one of the cherished values of modern conservatism, and we remember it in our daily lives- we don't "barter incentive for dole." This year has been especially fruitful for our … [Read more...]
Go Cocks!
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Not much to talk about today. It's a holiday, at least for the better half of this state. … [Read more...]