Here's an interesting little tidbit for you all to ponder on...MSNBC even offers us a little chuckle here too. Perhaps this is to remind the candidates that social networking sites such as MySpace truly are an incredibly valuable tool to reach out to potential voters. We can already see that social networking is making an impact and getting people involved in the political process again! That's got to be a good thing, right?

This is a just a quick glimpse into the article, where they review the MySpace profiles of many of the 2008 Presidential candidates. You can check out the entire article at MSNBC.com using this link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19213575

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linked from MSNBC

"MySpace: A place for candidates
When do you hang with an old dude online? When he's running for office!

By Helen A.S. Popkin & Guest Avatar Ree Hines
MSNBC contributors
Updated: 5:42 p.m. PT June 13, 2007



Helen A.S. Popkin
The era of the presidential debate is over. Candidates complain they don't get enough time to address questions fully, and voters are too busy watching "Nanny 911" to hear the answers.

With so many candidates and so little time between summer run Reality TV shows, the only thing that matters now is social networking skills.

Ree
In the first of a three-part Netiquette series, I've invited co-avatar Ree Hines help rate candidate ability to use medium of the people — most especially; MySpace. If you can't choose a candidate based on his or her MySpace profile, why even bother voting?





Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois (D)
"Join the Official Barack Obama MySpace Profile."
Age: 45
Star sign: Leo
Friend count: 104,619
Comments: 7,140



Best comment: "dude, when you get presidentence ;). you should still keep a myspace profile. that would be cool to put on here what you are doing and stuff if it would be possible. Peace, TJ" -- TJ



Interests: Graphics and links about himself!



Other social network memberships:
Eventful
Facebook
Flickr
My.BarackObama.com
PartyBuilder
Twitter
YouTube



Barack's MySpace profile is surprisingly amateurish given the fact that so much energy went into obtaining it from the Barack fan who opened it. Most text is written in unprofessional 12-point Arial font. And much like the older candidates, Barack failed to use the "interest" fields correctly.



Helen: Barack's headline is a little mind-control creepy, but it must be working. Check out that six-digit friend count! He's a MySpace rock star! And, according to his profile, straight too.



Ree: Yes, please note the use of "Official" in the headline. This is the MySpace page Barack totally manifest destinied. I could almost see beyond this profile's mad grab for power if it weren't for the fact that he's also created his own social network: My.BarackObama.com! He's taking over faster than Google! How long until he's offering us Campaign ads tailored to our browsing habits? Frankly, I'm a little scared."