As reported by the WSJ, two high-profile women from our technology space have joined the RNC to help ensure John McCain's victory in 2008.

* Carly Fiorina, the former head of HP, joined up as the RNC's "Victory Chairman." [Resources: Wiki entry, RNC press release, HP press release announcing Fiorina stepping down (Feb 2005).]

I first blogged about my respect and admiration for Carly back in October when I was writing about women I look up to as role models. I'm in the process of landing an interview with Carly for TechRepublican Video so I expect you'll hear directly from her in the near future.

* Meg Whitman, the "retirement-bound chief executive of eBay Inc.," joined McCain's team as a national co-chairwoman. [Resources: RNC release, Bio on eBay, Wiki entry].

It's important to note that Whitman was a longtime ally for Mitt Romney and as reported briefly by the LA Times, is considering a run as governor of California in 2010. She'll be a welcome addition to the team who can both help with McCain's fundraising efforts and help push-back on the narrative (which was ironically started by Mitt) that John McCain is weak on the economy.

CONCLUSION
It's great to see McCain's camp tapping these women to help with messaging and fundraising. However, I'm also hopeful that these women will spend some time with RNC eCampaign Director Cyrus Krohn and the rest of the team to help offer their advice on how to more effectively use the Internet to beat Democrats. We can use all the help we can get.

UPDATE March 17, 10:20 AM EST: A little birdy at the RNC passes along Carly's YouTube introduction:

UPDATE March 17, 11:30 AM: TechCrunch has posted a lengthy interview with Carly (audio and transcript). Good to see Team McCain continuing to reach out in to the tech space.