Our own David All was just named a Rising Star by Campaigns & Elections' Politics.

Congratulations are in order! And perhaps a bowl of porridge?

When David All started working in the office of Rep. Jack Kingston at age 24, he hadn't even made his first YouTube video yet. Now he is leading the Grand Old Party into the new Internet era. "I started realizing in late 2005, there were all these bloggers out there that absolutely no one was talking to," All says. He started engaging the online community and helped earn Kingston the moniker "King of the Blogosphere." All spearheaded a workshop for other staffers, and blogs started popping up all over the Hill. "It was like explaining water to people who had only lived in the desert," Kingston says. In early 2007, All founded Slatecard PAC, the GOP's answer to ActBlue, the Democrats' online fundraising vehicle. In less than a year, Slatecard has raised more than $350,000 for Republicans.

Robert Bluey, Patrick Ruffini and Mike Bober are among 25 others have also won the prestigious honor. Congrats to all.

Today's National Journal has a series of articles out that examines "New Washington," David's profiled in the series along with Justin Hamilton.

At first glance, David All and Justin Hamilton are an unlikely duo. During a recent interview, All sported jeans and a camel blazer atop a blue button-down shirt. The GOP communications strategist looks like an older, more laid-back version of Alex P. Keaton, the poster child for Young Republicans portrayed by Michael J. Fox on the 1980s sitcom Family Ties. All even hails from Columbus, Ohio, Keaton's fictional hometown.

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In fact, it was on Capitol Hill where the two really got religion about using technology to talk with constituents rather than at them -- at the same time raising the profiles of their bosses and respective political parties. All, 28, credits Kingston for giving him a big backyard to run around in. "Jack was willing to be the guinea pig, so that we could learn, make mistakes, and teach other people," he says. All live-blogged from the Rayburn Building in 2006 during a lockdown that was prompted by a report of gunfire (it turned out to be false). ABC News and CNN used Kingston's blog as a source during their reporting. Hamilton, whose background is in foreign policy, says he watched what All and others were doing and decided to jump into the tech pool. "I immersed myself in microtargeting, psychographic data, and data mining." Says All, "I think the politics and technology circle is very, very tiny. At the end of the day, we all want to teach each other how to do this stuff, because it's good." Hamilton agrees. "It's about making it easier for the public to interact with the policy-making process."

It's a great profile on both David and Justin. But I'm left wondering if David really reminds us of Alex P. Keaton.

Thoughts?