"Washington Whispers": Buzz positive for Hillary

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/

Blogs Say Hillary Clinton for Obama's Secretary of State

November 19, 2008 05:43 PM ET | Bedard, Paul | Permanent Link

She's probably not the change he had in mind, but President-elect Barack Obama's leak about considering Sen. Hillary Clinton for secretary of state is winning huge support among netizens. Our friends at Zeta Interactive, who mine blogs with their Relevant Noise technology, find that Hillary's been Obama's buzziest name during the transition and now has the backing of some 61 percent of the online noise. Their publicist, Sean Carney of Dukas Public Relations, helped break it down for us:

"Here's what we're seeing. We looked at four people being discussed in the appointment process: Rahm Emanuel (for chief of staff), Eric Holder (for attorney general), Peter Orszag (for Office of Management and Budget), and Hillary Clinton. We then tracked the volume of people talking about them online, or their 'buzz,' from the night Obama was elected until today. What we saw is that Hillary Clinton initially had the most buzz right after the election as people speculated about where she'd be placed, if at all. That waned a bit when Rahm Emanuel was announced as chief of staff, and then picked back up recently when it was floated she might be tapped for secretary of state."

Here are the percentages of the buzz spread around. It shows that Hillary won the overall amount of buzz about the appointments, garnering 44 percent of all conversations online.



Carney said the group also looked at the positive and negative things being said about the appointments. In terms of Clinton, the overwhelming majority thought appointing her was a good idea, with 61 percent of the blogosphere having positive things to say and 39 percent saying negative things.

[blm]

1. And 60% have no idea Dubai royals paid Bill 20 million for his Dubai Ports Deal advocacy.

But, I'll bet 99% of the left blogs excoriated Bush for the Dubai Ports Deal. I know I did.

[Beacool]

2. And those same 60% would probably give a damn either way.

:shrug:

[blm]

5. Not giving a damn about what powerful people do is what got this country INTO its dire straits.

Nice wall to hide behind, that 'don't give a damn' wall. Gee - responsible citizenship is such a chore.

[ClarkUSA]

11. I can't wait until the RNC drops that piece of oppo the first time SoS Clinton goes to Dubai

That will make Team O look like the party of change to the American electorate, alright, which should really help our chances
in purple/red parts of the country in 2010.

Is Intrade taking bets on this yet?

[blm]

13. and the media will make it look like Dems are the fascist moneygrubbers, ignoring BushInc's role

in the decades of setting up Dubai and Saudi royals for their dominant roles in the global economy. Clinton became Poppy's boy long ago, but it's Democrats and our party that take the brunt of the backlash.

[Cosmic Charlie]

3. this is a bigger load of horseshit than a Zogby Interactive Poll

[SoCalDem]

4. and that shortly after she promised India to continue the "outsourcing"

Bill did a "big deal" with them..

Sometimes it makes me wonder why the rich & powerful never seem to ever have "enough"..:(

[blm]

6. great point....alot of US internet work runs through India. Bumped the buzz to favor HRC.

Likely scenario.

[SoCalDem]

9. Here's a few interesting links

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090702780.html?nav=rss_politics/congress
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/us/politics/26clinton.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

[Skwmom]

8. They are so sleazy. Why would you want these people to taint your admin?

[Skwmom]

7. By paid Clinton posters and maybe their Dubai buddies.

More manipulative games by the Clintons.

[karynnj]

10. Wouldn't that measure reflect the level of controversy?

Someone floated that has low buzz, could either be because no one cares about the job or there is little controversy.

[JimGinPA]

12. "Buzz" Pie Charts?

< insert joke here >


:rofl: