Ruffini began blogging in 2001, and has been a front-page contributor for
RedState and
Townhall.com. In the
2004 election, Ruffini served as webmaster for the
Bush-Cheney campaign. Following the 2008 election, Ruffini co-authored the Rebuild the Party platform for Republican renewal. From 2005 to 2007, Ruffini served as eCampaign Director at the
Republican National Committee (RNC). In 2007, Ruffini founded Engage, LLC, a political media firm. In 2008, he co-founded The Next Right, a forum for the youth
conservative movement. He has authored a monthly "Digital Democracy" column for Townhall magazine, written for
National Review, and appeared as a political analyst on
Fox News Channel and
C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Ruffini's analysis of emerging political trends has also appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, PBS MediaShift, and Newsweek. In 2009, Ruffini and Engage helped develop the online political strategy for the
Bob McDonnell campaign, who won the
2009 Virginia gubernatorial election. In 2010, Ruffini assisted on the Senate campaign of
Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election. In 2013, he was a signatory to an
amicus curiae brief submitted to the
U.S. Supreme Court in support of
same-sex marriage in the United States during the
Hollingsworth v. Perry case. ==Views==