However, he said, a niche-site such as QubeTV has the advantage of appealing to conservatives because it's run by conservatives and features video produced by conservatives: "It's a way for conservatives to advance the movement."

Bluey said that, to be successful, QubeTV must incorporate all the easy-to-use tools on YouTube and aggressively market itself to conservative bloggers.

"It won't be easy to compete against a giant like YouTube," he warned, "but if enough conservatives embrace the idea, it could become the go-to place for conservative video on the Web."

As Gerow watched social Web networks become the rage, he realized none was designed especially for those right-of-center politically.

"With the good folks from Google taking over YouTube, you saw an increase in the tightening of the spigot of information and an increase in the censorship of the site," he explained. "We saw a real need -- not just an opportunity, but a real need -- for a social-network site designed for conservatives."

"Conservatives," Gerow said, "now have the opportunity to be in 'Web 2.0' " -- a pop-culture term used to describe the perception of a second-generation of Web-based services such as YouTube, Facebook or Wikipedia that emphasize online user participation.

"Our goal is to make QubeTV the dominant social network site for anyone who is right-of-center and to have the best in online video, especially online video related to the campaign of 2008," he said.

"We want to be there to capture the equivalent of the next John Kerry botched joke."