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and the bartender says "phone call for phil mccrotch" and the elephant says "oh that must be one of those congressional pages calling me"
- ataru, Smyrna, GA
Election '08
The Money Race
Data courtesy MAPLight.org
OBAMA, BARACK
$295,515,889.00
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
$237,977,706.00
MCCAIN, JOHN S.
$124,603,415.00
ROMNEY, MITT
$113,473,935.00
GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W.
$64,442,649.00
EDWARDS, JOHN
$56,656,911.00
PAUL, RON
$35,056,171.00
RICHARDSON, BILL
$24,372,670.00
THOMPSON, FRED DALTON
$24,134,269.00
DODD, CHRISTOPHER J
$18,398,898.00
HUCKABEE, MIKE
$16,407,876.00
BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR
$12,814,512.00
TANCREDO, THOMAS GERALD
$8,435,898.00
KUCINICH, DENNIS J
$4,529,456.00
BROWNBACK, SAMUEL DALE
$4,451,259.00
HUNTER, DUNCAN
$2,691,146.00
THOMPSON, TOMMY G
$1,227,228.00
VILSACK, THOMAS J
$1,038,467.00
GRAVEL, MIKE
$478,535.00
GILMORE, JAMES S III
$404,879.00
The "SocNet" Race
Numbers represent a total of MySpace friends and Facebook supporters. Compiled by staff. Last updated 2/21/2008.
Barack Obama
784,103
Hillary Clinton
306,748
Ron Paul
214,395
John McCain
116,345
Mike Huckabee
95,106
John Edwards
68,684
Mitt Romney
49,171
Dennis Kucinich
43,459
Bill Richardson
27,130
Fred Thompson
27,072
Mike Gravel
21,292
Joe Biden
20,332
Sam Brownback
13,866
Rudy Giuliani
13,312
Chris Dodd
10,420
Duncan Hunter
6,783
Tom Tancredo
4,923
The "Demand" Race
Date courtesy of eventful.com. Numbers represent the total number of people "demanding" to see that candidate in their town.
Barack Obama
95,756
Ron Paul
34,630
Hillary Clinton
19,699
Mike Huckabee
19,246
John Edwards
12,424
Dennis Kucinich
9,792
John McCain
9,134
Mike Gravel
3,336
Fred Thompson
1,410
Rudy Giuliani
492
Tom Tancredo
180
Mitt Romney
173
Joe Biden
159
Bill Richardson
72
Jim Gilmore
66
Sam Brownback
56
Duncan Hunter
25
Tommy Thompson
11
Chris Dodd
10
Tom Vilsack
2
Truthiness
Data courtesy politifact.com
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.

McCain doesn't flip-flop much on Iraq Details

Obama says his bill "reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."

Welfare rolls dropped, but not just because of law Details

Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.

James Bond-inspired ad is on target about drilling and gas taxes Details

Says Obama opposes innovation, the electric car and "clean, safe, nuclear energy."

This 007 claim is out of ammo Details

"I've always said it's (offshore drilling) up to the states and I still say that."

McCain's change in posture, not position Details

A Donkey and An Elephant Walk Into A Bar c.2008