The Web on the Candidates

• Ben Smith of The Politico reports that a new Hillary-obsessed website, JustHillary.com ('It's All About Her"), has launched. It chronicles its editor's obsession with Clinton and, by extension, the media's obsession as well. It features links to Hillary-centric news articles, editorials, blog posts, YouTube videos, and looks like it was designed in 1997.
• A straw poll conducted by GOP Bloggers has Rudy Giuliani at the top of the heap at 32.2%, over 8% higher than Newt Gingrich, the runner-up. Another interesting metric is the "candidate acceptability" poll, in which Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel has a -67% approval rating, probably stemming from his break with President Bush on Iraq.
• Online prediction market Intrade.com is one of the best predictors of national elections, reports the New York Times. According to Intrade, John McCain is the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination; Hillary Clinton is the favorite for the Democrats.

The Candidates on the Web

• Tom Vilsack has launched a new web site. It's much better looking that his previous site, and, according to Kevin Thurman on the site's blog, they've been "responding to the requests and suggestions of so many of you who have discovered Tom Vilsack and decided that he was your guy for 2008. The issue pages, for example, are not fluff – they contain real ideas, with lots more to come, based on real executive experience."
• John McCain is turning to "couples therapy" to help soothe his relationship to the blogosphere. In a post-Marcotte world campaigns must balance the demands of partisan bloggers with the desire to control a message, and appeal to mainstream voters who may not read blogs at all.
• Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter has hired blogger Nathan Tabor to be his Director of Internet Outreach. Tabor is the founder of the blog The Conservative Voice.

Hillary's blog countdown

• Twenty-four days and no blog yet.

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