GrassrootsPA

GrassrootsPA is a political news website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania. It was founded in 2004 by then law student Chris Lilik, a Pat Toomey supporter and became a "must-click resource" for Pennsylvania's conservative community.[2] Even though Toomey lost that race, the website continued as a gathering place for conservatives and Specter's foes.[3] The website also gained mainstream media attention as a source of breaking political news.[4][5] Political commentator Chris Bravacos noted that GrassrootsPA attracted significantly higher readership than the official websites for the two major political parties.[6]

GrassrootsPA
Available inEnglish
Created byChris Lilik
URLwww.grassrootspa.com
Alexa rank5,537,809 (August 2012)[1]
RegistrationNo
Launched2004
Current statusactive

During the public outcry following the 2005 Pennsylvania legislative pay raise, GrassrootsPA served as a focal point for reform activists.[7] The American Spectator called GrassrootsPA a "flashpoint of this conservative revolution" in Pennsylvania.[8] In 2010, Politics Magazine described GrassrootsPA as "Pennsylvania's Drudge Report."[9]

References
  1. "Grassrootspa.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. "Pounding the rock". Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Tribune Review. January 9, 2005. Archived from the original on September 24, 2006.
  3. Murdock, Deroy (November 8, 2004). "His Own Worst Enemy". National Review Online. National Review.
  4. "More from The Big Race". postgazetteNOW. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Post Gazette. September 8, 2006.
  5. "Bad football analogies". postgazetteNOW. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Post Gazette. September 13, 2006.
  6. Bravacos, Chris (March 22, 2009). "What Now for the GOP? Party Needs New Strategy". PennLive LLC. PennLive LLC.
  7. Adams, Helen Colwell (May 21, 2006). "Waking up Harrisburg". Intelligencer Journal. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: ProQuest Information and Learning Company. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
  8. "The Toomey Revolution". The American Spectator. The American Spectator. January 7, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  9. Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010). "Pennsylvania Influencers" (PDF). Politics Magazine. pp. 44–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-08.


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