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Nambe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 02:43 AM
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Obama dominates McCain in 2008 cyber-campaigning
Source: Washington Times

Democrats continue to be masters of the Internet for fundraising, voter outreach and buzz in the White House race. ...

... The Democrat from Illinois simply is more effective online; his site strategically showcases clever links to mainstream news, a bank of speeches and talking points, downloadable campaign posters and other user-friendly devices and spiffy tools, the study found.

Mr. Obama is the darling of social networking as well. He has six times as many MySpace "friends" as Mr. McCain, five times as many Facebook friends, twice as many videos posted to YouTube and 11 times as many YouTube channel subscribers. ...

Read more: http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/16/obama-dominates-mccain-in-2008-cyber-campaigning/
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 02:47 AM
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1. He's got the youth. And the smart. And the connected.
He's got the vote.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 06:28 AM
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4. And, darn it, people like me!
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 02:51 AM
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2. wink wink nod nod ;) they got that right ey DU'ers wink wink nod nod
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 02:53 AM
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3. Now that's not fair, I heard McCain campaign headquarters just got a television set
Edited on Tue Sep-16-08 02:55 AM by bluestateguy
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