The Haves And The Have Nots
by poputonian
From the new blog TechPresident:
It appears that Barack Obama’s strategic web initiatives, including the launch of the private-label social network My.BarackObama.com are paying off. As reported in the Chicago Tribune, more than 4,000 individuals have set up blogs, and an additional 3,000 individuals have set up private fundraising pages on Obama’s social network. The article, written last week, also points to the 2,400 groups formed on the site. This morning, however, I counted 3,229 groups on Obama’s SNS, a 35% increase in just a few days.
And then this from another Tribune article:
Obama winning — in MySpace friends
Illinois junior Senator Barack Obama has a huge lead in the presidential campaign — in MySpace friends. Obama supporters could get excited about his more than 43,000 close buddies, and how that puts him well ahead of Hillary Clinton’s 23,000 friends. (No Republican candidate tops 2,600.)
And from the front page of TechPresident — (my daughter can beat the bottom two Republicans.)
Democrats – # of friends
Obama – 43003
Clinton – 23428
Edwards – 11593
Vilsack – 1347
Kucinich – 1078
Richardson – 661
Biden – 510
Dodd – 172Republicans – # of friends
Paul – 2501
Romney – 1373
McCain – 1356
Tancredo – 1051
Giuliani – 637
Huckabee – 385
Brownback – 166
Shooter242 – 0