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Varnish really saved our bacon. Before Varnish, whenever we'd get a traffic surge, our system would crash. Even under normal conditions, our pages loaded very slowly. When we installed Varnish, we were able to increase our traffic capacity by a factor of about fifty, cut our page load time by 80%, and cut our hardware costs in half. And in about 8,000 hours of uptime so far, it hasn't crashed or even blinked once.

Austin Smith, Software Development Manager, Observer Media Group (politicker.com)

The Politicker.com national site gives readers quick and easy access to original reporting on races for U.S. Senate, Governor, House and President from our staff of state and national political reporters. Varnish has cut their page load time by impressive 80%.

Like Tip O'Neill, Politicker.com views all politics as local. Starting at City Hall and ending at the White House, we cover elections, party leadership contests, lobbyists, fundraisers, the media, and the business of how politicians select judges and prosecutors. We offer a close-up view inside politics for political insiders.

Our network of state political websites – 15 and growing – offers a virtual water cooler for the political elite – officeholders, news makers, staff, party leaders, fundraisers, journalists, government employees, interest groups and policy wonks.

Our National site is based on the model created by PoliticsNJ.com, now PolitickerNJ.com, which has become a fixture of politics and government in New Jersey for people who want current and reliable information about campaigns, elections and politicians in New Jersey since its launch on February 1, 2000. Under the ownership of the Observer Media Group, Politicker.com has created a unique model to cover local and state politics, complimented with a national news organization.