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August 17, 2007
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While I’m still putting together my own data on presidential candidates & their Facebook supporters, techPresident has been doing that, too. And lately it’s been presenting the information in handy graph form. Click here to view their Facebook supporters graphs, their MySpace supporters graphs, and their YouTube stats. I still prefer using Facebook, since it’s more restrictive (MySpace accounts can include groups, not just individuals, and it’s possible to have multiple personal accounts, which can inflate figures).

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Clinton must be kicking her behind for not having ran in 2004. Also, I think, Obama does not have the necessary experience.

Posted by Miguel (mabb) August 18, 2007 9:42 AM

    I'm not so sure Hillary Clinton could have won in 2004. I remember others thinking the same thing. Had she lost in 2004, she couldn't have run in 2008 (the same way John Kerry & Al Gore won't be running again). So she took the safe bet. That's my opinion.

    I agree w/ your take on Obama. He's a great speaker, he's fired up, he's got the vision thing. But he lacks the experience. I think he'd be a terrible president (an amazing candidate, yet, but a terrible sitting president). Though he could surprise. It's surprising that the comparisons to JFK forget that JFK was only president for less than a term, almost got us into nuclear war three times, and made a host of mistakes (Cuba? Vietnam?) that made life difficult for future presidents (not to mention the country & region). Ditto for Edwards.

    On the other hand, Clinton isn't a very energetic candidate. But I do think she'd be a great president. As would Richardson (who has lots of foreign policy experience).

    I actually think Edwards will win the nomination. Clinton & Obama will brutally hurt each other, then Edwards will step in to replace a collapsed Obama as "not-Hillary" candidate. But it's a long way to the primaries yet, eh?

    Posted by mcentellas August 18, 2007 10:14 AM


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