In an article (which draws from Disinfopedia and echoes Banana Republicans) anticipating the Republican Party's "72-hour plan" before the election, Joshua Holland writes, "Public relations firms like [Richard] Viguerie's have played an important and growing role in the popular conservative movement - you might call

While "A Few Rich Men" like George Soros have funded 527 groups supporting John Kerry, business leaders "who have benefited handsomely from the policies of this administration and who would like to see George Bush re-elected" haven't supported conservative 527s.

"A bipartisan deployment of lawyers and legal challenges in the run-up to Election Day" has prompted the Republican Party to bolster its PR and media work, reports PR Week.