Chuck DeFeo is CEO and President of Connell Donatelli. He oversees all new media communications planning and advertising on behalf of political, corporate, and public affairs clients. Connell Donatelli specializes in online strategy, fundraising, advertising, and social media.

DeFeo is best known for his groundbreaking work in 2003-2004 as eCampaign Manager for Bush-Cheney ’04, where he oversaw the development of the 7.2 million person email list and managed the online effort for the President’s reelection effort. He served in a similar capacity with the Republican National Committee during the 2002 Election. DeFeo spent much of his career in policy and technology roles for Senator and Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Hear what Chuck learned working with Senator and Attorney General John Ashcroft and what every person should ask themselves when they wake up in the morning. Learn how he uses online technology to help organize people off line.

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The Web on the Candidates -- Daily Digest Lite

Over PrezVid Jeff Jarvis takes a look at what presidential candidates are advertising using Google AdSense, and whose keywords they're advertising with. The most active advertisers are Hillary Clinton -- who's advertising on Obama, Biden, and Dodd searches, and Rudy Giuliani -- who's advertising on McCain, Brownback, Tancredo and the phrase "flat tax." This basically means that when you do a search for, say, McCain or Tancredo, you may see an ad for Giuliani on the right side of the page. Take a closer look at the post for many more interesting results, including the fact that "no one — no candidate, no brand, no news organization, no one — is advertising against “Bush” and “George W. Bush”, even negatively. Nobody wants any of that on them."