September 24, 2008

Who Owns the Internet? And Also, Where's Joe?

With the Internet becoming more and more important in campaigning, a good question to ask is, who's on top web-wise? According to hitwise.com, Obama's website consistently gets more hits than McCain's:
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However, Sarah Palin seems to be taking over the spotlight as people are wondering where the Democratic VP Joe Biden is. In fact, according to Fox News:

"Online searches indicate that Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin overwhelming has captured the attention of Web users, placing her No. 1 on the list of mostly widely used political search terms.

Joe Biden? He didn’t break the top 10."


So, where is Joe Biden? Well, according to this website, Biden is "everywhere that matters," making personal appearances in a number of important states. While these stories don't make the cut for national news, they are circulating through more local newspapers. Is Biden flying under the radar and gaining more localized public attention that we don't even know about?

I guess we'll have to wait and see if all this "local press" really does make a difference.
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BR said...

I think this is probably good for Biden, the whole local news thing. With all of his gaffes, I don't think he's altogether cut out for mass media, although, going back to our question of whether a good candidate makes a good leader, I don't think this means he isn't cut out for the VP spot. He just isn't an easy sell on the grand scale but I think that if he gets good local press and good recognition in small circles, this could be better for him than having one image of him all around the country because, clearly, the country-wide images of him haven't been altogether helpful.

September 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM

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