In her words, LaCelle explained that the hardest part about it was actually remembering to renew the domains each year. She lamented losing PresidentHillaryClinton.com one year for that reason, saying she “lost a good one.”
Political campaigns or their associated PACs and supporters will also partake in the scramble for relevant domains. Nearly all of the ones for Bernie Sanders’s campaign contained positive images, such as speaches the candidate gave or light-hearted parodies pitching Sanders against the Bernie from “Weekend at Bernie’s.”
Of course, competitors also try to get their jabs in.
Last year, the Trump campaign famously benefited from a take-over of JebBush.com. As a result, the Florida governor’s website instantly redirected to Trump’s campaign site in what was the latest of many embarrassing moments for the Bush campaign.
Scott’s reticence appears to be due to a lack of awareness. It is uncommon for the domains of sitting governors to go un-renewed. Someone dropped the ball. Now, the Scott campaign will have to pay a minimum of $50,000 to get the domain back.
