Mike Krempasky is the political director for American Target Advertising, a conservative direct mail firm, founded by conservative activist pioneer Richard Viguerie. He co-founded RedState.org, Rathergate.com, and NotSpecter.com. He would have tolerated a Kerry presidency in exchange for a Steelers Super Bowl win.

[2006] Mike Krempasky joined Edelman in August 2005 as Vice President, focusing on internet strategy and communications, marketing, and advocacy for Edelman clients. He was responsible for the development and launch of the first blog for the largest corporation in the United States.

Mike combines an expertise in blog communications and direct marketing with a background in grassroots political organizing. Before coming to Edelman, Mike was the Political Director of American Target Advertising, a full-service creative direct response marketing agency where he helped companies and organizations develop and use technology to enhance traditional fundraising and advocacy programs.

Mike is the co-founder of RedState.org (http://www.redstate.org), a Republican community blog. Mike is also a Director of the RedState.org corporation, a political committee registered with the Federal Election Commission. He has been a blogger since 2001, and in that capacity, testified before the FEC earlier this year on the regulation of political speech on the internet and became one of the first bloggers called to offer expert testimony before a Committee in the House of Representatives.

He is the co-founder of The Online Coalition (http://www.onlinecoalition.com), a bipartisan association of bloggers and online professionals formed earlier this year to support freedom of speech and political participation online. Mike is a frequent lecturer at technology and internet seminars.