Online "friends" could be pivotal in 2008 U.S. race

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Nineteen-year-old L.J. Tsunis has some advice for his favorite U.S. presidential candidate: start hanging out on Facebook already.

"Rudy Giuliani is absolutely making a big mistake by not being active on Facebook," Tsunis told Reuters in a message posted through the popular social-networking site.

"Millions of votes could be had on here that may swing the election one way or the other."

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In this early popularity contest, Sen. Barack Obama is the clear favorite so far -- the Illinois Democrat even gained the support on Facebook, however briefly, of Giuliani's Harvard-bound daughter, Caroline.

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"Barack Obama is not going to lose a single voter from here on out. People are with him through the end of this thing," said David All, a Republican consultant who has urged his party to devote more attention to new technologies.

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