Anyone know who Publius Group is?

They own http://www.politicspa.com http://www.politicsnj.com and so forth...

Are they a right wing or left wing outfit?

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Welcome to DU!! :toast:

But overall, I think they might be trying to present themselves as unbiased.

From

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/talking_politics/documents/02685359.htm

side bar about halfway down the page on the right:

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

NEW HAMPSHIRE Democratic politicos are mesmerized by the Web site PoliticsNH.com. When I met with New Hampshire state representative Ray Buckley, who worked for former vice-president Al Gore four years ago, he received a phone call alerting him to an item on the site that characterized the state Democratic Party with a down arrow.

Asked who was behind it, Buckley scratched his head. Nobody really knows, he said. Click on " About Us " on the home page of the site, and you get this: " Our editor is Josiah Bartlett, a pseudonym for the people who are working on this site. We have chosen to remain anonymous, much like James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay when they wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym Publius. "

Click on " Our Team, " and it brings you to the photos and brief bios of four staffers: managing editor James W. Pindell; senior editor Brian P. Murphy, a former staffer for George magazine; Jordan S. Lieberman, who is the president of the Publius Group, which owns the site along with several others, including PoliticsNJ, PoliticsVT, and PoliticsNY; and columnist Dante J. Scala, who is also an assistant professor of politics at Saint Anselm College.

A check through the Networks Solutions search site reveals that PoliticsNH is registered to NameSecure.com. Wally Edge is listed as the site’s " administrative contact. " Edge did not return a call from the Phoenix. On the PoliticsNJ site, though, the " About Us " link says, " PoliticsNJ.com is operated by The Publius Group and our editor is Wally Edge, a pseudonym for the people who are working on this site. "

Last February, Roll Call columnist Stuart Rothenberg did a piece on anonymous political Web sites. When he called the Publius Group, Lieberman called him back but wouldn’t provide additional details on who was backing the venture. Rather than identifying himself as the president of the Publius Group, as he’s now listed on PoliticsNH.com, Lieberman told Rothenberg that he handled marketing for the company. Rothenberg’s conclusion? " The potential for abuse with these sites is enormous. What would stop a candidate from setting up an anonymous political site and using it as a way to undercut or discredit an opponent? "

The answer is nothing. In the meantime, PoliticsNH generates buzz.