Google Boosts GOP Ties

Google is gearing up to become a major contributor to the Republican Party by hiring an adviser with ties to the Bush administration.

The deep-pocketed search engine giant’s political action committee, Google NetPAC, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and retained lawyer Ben Ginsberg, counsel to the Bush-Cheney campaigns in 2000 and 2004.

Ginsberg is serving as an outside adviser to Google’s PAC, ensuring that it adheres to campaign finance laws.

The Washington, D.C.-based publication Roll Call reports: “Advisers to the company say the PAC will likely become the key to funneling money to GOP lawmakers, given the Democratic leanings of its donor-employees.”