Is Joe Biden Standing Up for Iraq?

Joe Biden is voicing a different message than the other democratic candidates for president. He has indicated his support for strengthening the regional governing powers in Iraq and incorporating them under a national federation as a means to quell the ethnic strife. Is this what is needed to make progress in Iraq? Perhaps trying something different is a good idea!

Mac the Observer

The Democrats

As Obama and Hillary battle it out for who is the anointed candidate something very interesting is happening. Back around mid-February most pre-primary interest shown in my stats was for either Obama or Hillary.

But since that time there has been movement towards Rudy Giuliani on the Republican side and Al Gore on the Democratic side. Yes, you see that correctly. Each day Al has garnered a bit more online activity.

Looking at just the past three days, Al Gore surpassed BOTH Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama! More people have searched for information on Al, more have clicked on the ads for Al Gore hats than for either Barak or Hillary. Looking at only data from today, Al Gore is way ahead of both so-called from runners on the Democratic side!

Will Al run is the big question. One thing he has is a message, a message he has worked on for years and one we know he believes. Can that compare to Barak or Hillary? Will we get the chance to re-elect Al Gore in 2008?

Is it time for an Al Gore cap?

Mac the Observer

Who Leads the Pack?

Is there a direct correlation between the time TV news devotes to the various presidential candidates and the interest in them shown by online searching? Hmmm...yesterday was Obama's announcement.

Looking at my very unscientific poll using just my data for today it seems like there is some bit of interest stirring for the Republican players. Romney and McCain both show some online searches, but the most searches for a Republican (non-)candidate are for Rudy today. And Romney bests McCain if you are counting. Being hawkish on the war may not be a good way to get votes, Rudy is trying that today so we'll be interested in checking his support tomorrow.

Now on to the wild Democratic online searches for presidential candidates. Note that at the moment we are not following John Edwards.

There is basically no interest in Al Gore or Bill Richardson today — or yesterday. The leaders in the blue camp are still Obama and Hillary. Obama's followers have slowed a bit since yesterday's feeding frenzy and Hillary's have become more active. In today's searches she is closing the gap with Obama. Both Hillary and Obama are generating an incredible amount of interest compared to their Democratic and Republican peers.

Mac the Observer