Last Updated: Friday May 9, 2008 07:00 MST

Your listening post for the 2008 Presidential Election

Welcome to Wonkosphere, the best place to keep a finger on the pulse of the 2008 Presidential election. We use patented technology to scour the blogosphere and analyze what is being said, who is saying it, and whether they're ranting or raving. Updated every 4 hours.
 
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Quick Picks

Top posts from the last 24 hours for candidates with the highest Buzz Rank, chosen every 4 hours.

Color codes for candidates & posts: RED is for conservative, BLUE is for liberal, and GRAY is for independent.

#1. Hillary Clinton

Mentioned in 814 posts

  • Tone: lib: average, con: average [?]
  • Buzz share: 41% [?]

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#2. Barack Obama

Mentioned in 923 posts

  • Tone: lib: average, con: average [?]
  • Buzz share: 38% [?]

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#3. John McCain

Mentioned in 617 posts

  • Tone: lib: average, con: average [?]
  • Buzz share: 20% [?]

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#4. Ron Paul

Mentioned in 203 posts

  • Tone: lib: average, con: low [?]
  • Buzz share: 1% [?]

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#5. Mike Gravel

Mentioned in 36 posts

  • Tone: lib: high, con: high [?]
  • Buzz share: 0% [?]

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#6. Alan Keyes

Mentioned in 7 posts

  • Tone: lib: high, con: average [?]
  • Buzz share: 0% [?]

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#7. Ralph Nader

Mentioned in 9 posts

  • Tone: lib: average, con: average [?]
  • Buzz share: 0% [?]

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One Step Ahead

Ten blogs whose posts on May 7 best represented the collective buzz on May 8 (ranked).

  1. Political Punch
  2. Road to 2008
  3. Liberal Values
  4. ambivablog
  5. The Strata-Sphere
  6. Grouchy's Liberaltopics
  7. neo-neocon
  8. Don Singleton
  9. NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Reporters' Blog
  10. The Mahablog

Hot Links

Links posted by multiple bloggers in the last 24 hours. Updated every 4 hours.