Google Sponsoring Conservative Political Conference Co-Hosted by Tea Party

[Purveyor]

By Brian Womack - Feb 3, 2012 12:01 AM ET

Google Inc. (GOOG), whose chairman has served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, is a sponsor of this month’s Conservative Political Action Conference, co-hosted by the Tea Party.

Google is one of nine main sponsors, alongside the National Rifle Association and the Heritage Foundation, according to the conference’s website. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are slated to speak at the three-day event, which starts in Washington on Feb. 9. Google is the only business listed among the primary sponsors.

The company says it will have a presence at both Republican and Democratic events during this year’s election season, including each party’s convention. Google also had a role in the Iowa caucus last month. The CPAC event was attractive because half the attendees are under 25 and heavy users of technology, Google said yesterday in an e-mailed statement.

“This event is a great opportunity for us to showcase Google.com/elections and tools like Google+, which we hope will be used by every candidate and campaign,” the Mountain View, California-based company said.

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[Lifelong Protester]

1. Sorry, but yuck!

Being a host to a conservative conference is one thing; being a co-host with the Tea Party is the deal breaker for me.

[denem]

2. Forget mailing lists, the GOP would love to have a little access,

to Google analytics,

and FaceBook would be the real gold mine.

These information aggregators are going to have huge power.

[JoePhilly]

3. Its ok, so long as the Google logo is clearly visable behind Santorum.

[boppers]

4. Did you mean the former senator?

It's hard to tell sometimes.

[Obama3_16]

5. heh. it's Google trying to market to the also-rans. They are already behind Obama 2012 in being

plugged into social media, technology infrastructure and the like, so Google will stand there with their hands out waiting for Republicans to pour useless money into what the Obama team already has.