Social Networking Sites: Who Wins?

We recently told you about all the social networking sites that John Edwards belongs to, but who is really winning the social networking war? As you might imagine, it's Barak Obama - no question.

A look at Barak's facebook profile shows 4,650 wall posts (candidates don't have a friend-count), and 185 facebook gifts, which users pay a dollar for. He has posted 95 notes, four videos, and 95 pictures.

Hillary Clinton races to catch up, but only has 2,715 wall posts and 13 gifts -- 172 less than Barak! She has posted no notes and no videos and only 23 pictures (which can be tagged by others).

John Edwards, though a member of them all, doesn't have as strong of a showing on facebook. Only 1,138 wall posts and 2 gifts (right that's 183 less than Barak, and 11 less than Hillary). He has, not surprisingly, posted 12 notes, 9 videos, and 44 pictures.

But even John Edwards has the Republicans beaten. Rudy Giuliani doesn't seem to have a facebook profile. Mitt Romney has 1,008 wall posts, no gifts...seven videos and 185 pictures. He's posting the stuff...but not getting the gifts. McCain comes in last, with only 140 wall posts...no gifts...four notes, no videos and only four pictures.

Chris Dodd, a candidate who got to facebook early, has his privacy settings so you can only see his profile if you're his friend. And well...we're not.

That's a lot like Giuliani on MySpace, who has a private profile. We don't know if this is because he doesn't know any better...or maybe it's his old facebook profile for all his buddies before he was running for president.

Barak also leads the Myspace war with 86,071 friends - way surpassing John Edwards' 16,562 and Hillary Clinton's meek 6,577. Joe Biden has 1,365 and Chris Dodd...546. Maybe that is why you have to be his friend to see his facebook profile.

Romney has 3,699, McCain has 3,244.

John Edwards is a Social Networker

According to the Washington Post, John Edwards is a part of every social networking site there is - whether you've heard of it or not. Blip.tv? 43Things.com? no one knows what they are, but John Edwards is on them.

He even has a social networking page on his website that gives you a simple link to "connect" to them all, not to mention his own social networking site, which campaign officials say has 20,000 members and 1,200 chapters across the country.

Oh, and on his facebook profile he refers to his wife, Elizabeth, as his "life partner."

Hillary's Record Lasted...A Day

Barak Obama surprising everyone today with an announcement that he has raised $25 million dollars to date from 100,000 donors.

We've continually talked about how Barak leads the internet race, far outpacing any other candidate, including Hillary. HALF of Barak Obama's donors, 50,000, donated online for a total of $6.9 million.

Online campaigns have been mainly seen as free advertisment, but as Howard Dean did and now Barak, online donations are becoming more and more of a stronghold for a massive campaign warchest.

Who Expected to See Mitt Romney in a Headline About Fundraising?

Hillary Clinton's record-breaking 26 million dollars raised is impressive, but considering the powerhouse of Clinton, Inc. and the fundraising capability of Bill Clinton, it is far more impressive that Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate trailing in third place struggling for name recognition, raised 23 MILLION DOLLARS. what?

Not only did this come incredibly close to Hillary Clinton's world-record, but he also beat Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani, who raised $15 Million (of course $10 million of that was during the month of March alone).