Kennedy was built for TV and Obama is built for the Internet age
Some facts and figures about Obama's SOCIAL popularity...Read on
Blogs While overall blog mentions of Obama and McCain varied greatly during the last year (it cannot be said if those were positive or negative posts), close to 500 million blog postings mentioned him since the beginning of the conventions at the end of August. During the same time period, only about 150 million blog posts mentioned McCain (though it would also be interesting to see similar statistics for Governor Palin as well).
Twitter and MySpace On social networks, Obama also held a clear lead, with 844,927 MySpace friends compared to McCain's 219,404. Just between November 3rd and November 4th (election day), Obama gained over 10,000 new friends, while McCain only gained about 964. On Twitter, Obama gained 2865 new followers between the 3rd and 4th (for a total of 118,107), while John McCain's Twitter account only has a paltry 4942 followers in total.
I am a huge fan of Barack Obama...From the beginning itself he was THE PRESIDENT..He was not acting but you could feel that the future president was talking to you...I have found trivia about him and thought of sharing with you...Enjoy reading...
1. He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics 2. He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball 3. His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili 4. He is left-handed - the 6th post-war president to be left-handed 5. He has read every Harry Potter book ( me tooo...me too ) 6. He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali 7. He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream 8. His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars 9. He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia 10. He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't ( typical guy thing ) 11. He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia 12. He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck 13. He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee 14. His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 15. As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine 16. His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees 17. He enjoys Scrabble and poker 18. He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside 19. He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal 20. Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita 21. He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry 22. He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes 23. He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers 24.He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds ( Things which we love to do , we keep on doing that and find ways and means to pursue it )
Barack Obama;New youth Icon......