HillaryClinton.com tops Candidate Sites for Traffic

"HillaryClinton.com served nearly twice as many unique visitors in January as all three top Republican candidates combined. Clinton's website was the No. 1 presidential campaign site in January. BarackObama.com and JohnEdwards.com ranked second and third, with 574,000 and 464,000 unique visitors, respectively. This according to tracking service Nielsen//NetRatings." from www.rtoonline.com

I personally think it has to do with the Hillary Campaign emails they send out on a weekly basis.
Last 6 Hillary emails I received
Feb 21st Bill Launches One Week One Million
Feb 26th One Week One Million update
Feb 27th One Week One Million update
Feb 28th Hillary HillCast Energy
Mar 6th Launching Women's Campaign HillCast Equal Pay
Mar 8th No More Lost Votes

I never realized how many emails I was getting from the Hillary Campaign. If the emails were from anybody else I would have been annoyed but I always seem to enjoy the Hillary emails. They are informative and always have a call to action, to join a campaign, send in your comments or watch a video.

Other Campaign emails I have received in the same time period (Feb21 - Mar8)
Barack Obama
Feb 21st De-Escalation in Iraq
Mar 1st Update on Recent Travels (includes a video)
Mar 6th Invitation to Donate
Mar 8th Another Invitation to Donate

John Edwards
Mar 2nd Shame on you, Ann Coulter Invite to Donate
Mar 7th They Deserve Better (Walter Reed Medical Center)
Mar 8th Leave no caucus-goer behind Video & Invite to Donate

Campaign emails are a great way to drive traffic to the campaign website and I am sure have played a role in helping increase the monthly traffic stats.

Obama in Selma

From Obama Blog

Blog: Obama VS. Hillary in Selma

Ealier today, Barack Obama visited Selma, Alabama to take part in the Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration.

Click here to watch part of Barack's speech courtesy of CNN.

Below is a short excerpt of his speech at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church. Click here to read the entire speech.

Obama Blog

VS.

Hillary was in Selma, AL today to commemorate "Bloody Sunday", an historic moment in the civil rights movement.

"On March 7, 1965, the day that came to be known as Bloody Sunday, some 600 men, women and children. crossed the bridge in Selma Ala., with the intention of marching to Montgomery for voting rights. On the other side, they were confronted by state troopers and a sheriff's posse, who beat the marchers back, hastening congressional enactment of the Voting Rights Act and the demise of the racial order the lawmen sought to defend." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

The ceremony re-enacting the crossing of the Edmund Pettus is an annual event to remember the struggle and to honor those who took part in the fight for civil rights. Hillary was accompanied by President Clinton, who is being inducted into the Voting Rights Hall of Fame. Before joining in a re-enactment of the march, Hillary attended services at the First Baptist Church of Selma, where she spoke to the congregation to commemorate the event's 42nd anniversary:

"I come to share the memories of a troubled past and a hope for a better tomorrow, one that is worthy of the sacrifices that were made here... That long march to freedom that started here has carried us a mighty long way. But we all know we have to finish the march."

You can read Hillary's full remarks here.

And watch the speech here.

Obama still a rockstar

Top YouTube Videos For The Top Presidential Candidates

Top Hillary Video by views under the Tag "Hillary Clinton"
Hillary Clinton Sings National Anthem

Views: 1,060,372
Comments: 3426
Favorited: 667 times

Top Obama Video by views under the Tag "Barack Obama"
"The 1/2 Hour News Hour" segment on Obama

Views: 474,876
Comments: 3108
Favorited: 330 times

Top McCain Video by views under the Tag "John McCain"
John McCain sleeping on the Job

Views: 225,272
Comments: 421
Favorited: 120 times

Top Giuliani Video by views under the Tag "Rudy Giuliani"
Rudy Giuliani in Drag Smooching Donald Trump

Views: 130,768
Comments: 154
Favorited: 190 times

Top Edwards Video by views under the Tag "John Edwards"
Tomorrow Begins Today. Preview to his Presidential Announcement

Views: 113,117
Comments: 104
Favorited: 119 times

Top Romney Video by views under the Tag "Mitt Romney"
Debate Romney vs Kennedy. Video shows his Flip Flopping on Abortion, Gay Rights, Ronald Reagon, Affirmative Action

Views: 71,408
Comments: 1361
Favorited: 134 times

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Obama continues to Rock on YouTube

20,000+ in Austin!

Obama Flickr Photos from Cleveland Rally

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Edwards happy to not be in the news

A week ago the Edwards blog was frustrated and begging for some news coverage,(Link) but after the Hillary Obama Drama over the comments Geffen said, the Edwards Campaign is now thankful they aren't in the news.

from Edwards Blog
" John Edwards isn't receiving as much press as his opponents, but I'll bet Hillary and Obama wish their apparent feud was not in the media, everyday. The Democrats do not need divisiveness in our party. I hope we are all on the same team, here. The showing of their fangs, as we are watching the developments in the other Democratic candidates' political camps, is not helping us, but instead, their flawed, strategy is giving the Republicans more meat for their tables.
All Democrats running for any office should remember: We must defeat Republican candidates, if we are to regain a true democracy in America. If that means we have to bite the bullet and not criticize too vehemently, other Democratic candidates, then so be it. From what I have seen, Mr. Edwards is the most positive, eloquent candidate, finding it unnecessary to bash his opponents, as a means to winning the Presidency."

UC Merced student president uses Internet rally for Obama

The presidential election may be more than a year-and-a-half away, but Josh Franco already knows whom he wants in the Oval Office.

Franco, 21, was recently appointed as the statewide coordinator of Students for Barack Obama, a political action committee with approximately 80 chapters at universities nationwide.

He discovered the organization on Facebook, one of the Internet's largest social networking sites which currently has nearly 17 million registered users, according to the Associated Press.

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UC Merced student president uses Internet rally for Obama

The presidential election may be more than a year-and-a-half away, but Josh Franco already knows whom he wants in the Oval Office.

Franco, 21, was recently appointed as the statewide coordinator of Students for Barack Obama, a political action committee with approximately 80 chapters at universities nationwide.

He discovered the organization on Facebook, one of the Internet's largest social networking sites which currently has nearly 17 million registered users, according to the Associated Press.

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Obama Flickr Photos from Austin

More can be found at the Obama Flickr Account

Obama: Darling of Facebook

Late on the day that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., announced he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, Farouk Olu Aregbe logged on to Facebook.com, the popular online community where college students post profiles, share photos and blog. On a whim he created a group called “One Million Strong for Barack.”

“I remember thinking, there’s got to be more supporters out there,” said Farouk, 26, who advises student government at the University at Missouri at Columbia.

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Looks Like Vilsack Is Out

I don't understand why he is dropping out so soon. I wonder where is supporters will go. Will this be a victory for Edwards, Obama or Clinton.

Candidate YouTube Videos from 2.21.07

What Obama Mania in LA looks like


Jon Huntsman Sr. on Gov. Romney

Obama Flickr Update

Posted on YouTube Today: Obama University of New Hampshire Rally

I love these campaign recaps

Supporters Demand That Candidates Visit Their Hometowns

Eventful is a new website for finding events and demanding events. "Eventful's unique Demand service enables users to create grass-roots campaigns to "demand" events and performances in their city."(from Eventful.com)
Supporters demanding that a Candidate visit their hometown can even encourage others by posting a "demand sticker" on their myspace profile or blog

Currently Hillary Clinton leads the pack of Politicians with 400 demands in 111 places.
Cities with the most demands for Hillary to visit
Los Angeles metro area
San Diego metro area
Seattle metro area
Phoenix metro area

Barack Obama 12 people in 7 places
John Edwards 5 people in 2 places
Dennis Kucinich 1 person in 1 place
Tom Vilsack 2 people in 1 place
Rudy Giuliani 1 person in 1 place
Mitt Romney 2 people in 2 places

Poke your president!

It used to be the most cliched topic for an opinions column, but something is now different about Facebook: It has come of age as a political force. And it seems the excitement and energy inspired by one man - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. - has led the way.

Facebook received national attention over the weekend in a Saturday article in The Washington Post that illustrated Obama's popularity in the Facebook community. A little over a month ago, the group "Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack)" was created with the hope of finding one million members by May 10, 2007.

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New Obama Pictures from the Flickr Feed

From Las Vegas 2/28/07






More Photos Here

Obama's recent visit to South Carolina on YouTube