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Commentary: He's a bigger Internet star than Rush Limbaugh NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Christopher Ruddy admires Rush Limbaugh's popularity and Matt Drudge's influence. But Ruddy isn't exactly awed by his conservative-media brethren -- and for good reason. Ruddy, the CEO and editor of Newsmax, is emerging as the most prominent online voice of the conservative movement. Newsmax has flourished because Ruddy has exhibited a stronger commitment to the bottom line than to presenting himself as an ideologue. "I'm not looking for a cult of personality of Chris Ruddy," he said. "Running a business takes 24/7." The hard work is paying...

A few months ago, after John McCain locked up the GOP presidential nomination, Chris Ruddy says he received a series of insistent phone calls from an unexpected source: Sarah Palin. "We got calls from her people up in Alaska asking if we wanted to interview her," says Ruddy, editor in chief and owner of the conservative Web site Newsmax.com, based in West Palm Beach. "Back then she wasn't on the radar for the vice presidency, and I just blew her off." But the calls continued. Palin's people wouldn't go away. "Finally we sent a writer, not even one of our...

In a New York Times story, a conservative journalist named Chris Ruddy (who once long ago worked for this newspaper) declared that he and his boss, billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, had changed their minds about someone who had preoccupied them in the 1990s: Bill Clinton. "Clinton," said Ruddy, "wasn't such a bad president. In fact, he was a pretty good president in a lot of ways, and Dick [Scaife] feels that way today."

  Hillary's Secret WarThe Clinton Conspiracy to MuzzleInternet Journalistsby Richard Poe Foreword by Jim RobinsonFounder of FreeRepublic.com   "Hillary Clinton is one of the most important political players in the last decade, and she's been nothing but trouble. Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is required reading." ANN COULTER Bestselling author of Treason, Slander and High Crimes and Misdemeanors   "Hillary's Secret War chronicles the lonely battle many of us waged to expose Clinton corruption. As one who took part in that struggle, I am impressed by the accuracy and insight of Richard Poe's account. He has brought to...

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  Hillary's Secret WarThe Clinton Conspiracy to MuzzleInternet Journalistsby Richard Poe Foreword by Jim RobinsonFounder of FreeRepublic.com   "Hillary Clinton is one of the most important political players in the last decade, and she's been nothing but trouble. Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is required reading." ANN COULTER Bestselling author of Treason, Slander and High Crimes and Misdemeanors   "Hillary's Secret War chronicles the lonely battle many of us waged to expose Clinton corruption. As one who took part in that struggle, I am impressed by the accuracy and insight of Richard Poe's account. He has brought to...

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