A similar "static site" approach (using Jekyll and Akamai) was used by the Obama campaign's fundraising site. There was a good write-up about it a while back: <a href="http://kylerush.net/blog/meet-the-obama-campaigns-250-million-fundraising-platform/" rel="nofollow">http://kylerush.net/blog/meet-the-obama-campaigns-250-millio...</a>