A founding partner of WebStrong Group, he has worked with multiple Democratic campaigns and organizations, the Liberal Democrats in the UK, and other political parties outside the US, as a political consultant.
He began blogging in 2001 at MyDD.com, which was original driving force behind the netroots movement that used blogs and Meetups to propel Howard Dean’s dark-horse campaign for President in 2002 to front-runner status in 2004, and worked as a member of Howard Dean’s campaign internet team. He served as a senior advisor for Governor Mark Warner.
In 2006, Armstrong co-authored “Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots and the Rise of People-Powered Politics” and he is a co-founder of SBNation.com, the largest sports-related network of blogs.