This website is here to serve as a quick and up to date reference on how much attention internet blogs are giving individual presidential candidates. The statistical information on this website is presented in the form of bar graphs provided by technorati.com. The horizontal axis of each graph shows dates and the vertical axis shows the daily number of blog posts containing each candidate's name (note: candidates names are searched for in quotation marks "first+last"). The graphs are categorized by party and you then have the option of how many days worth of data you want to look at. Graphs that cover a short duration are good for analyzing the impact of daily events, while longer term graphs are good for spotting trends.
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is the senior United States senator from the U.S. state of Kansas. On January 20, 2007 he announced his intention to seek the Republican Party's nomination for President in the 2008 Presidential election.
James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore III (born October 6, 1949) is a Republican Party politician who served as Governor of Virginia and Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is a declared candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943) served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, Time Magazine selected him as the Man of the Year for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of Democratic Party majorities in that body. During his tenure as Speaker he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to Bill Clinton.
Rudolph William Louis Giuliani III (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, businessman, and Republican politician from the state of New York. Giulani became a popular figure as a United States Attorney prosecuting medium/high-profile cases, including cases against organized crime and the tax evader Marc Rich.
Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is the senior United States Senator and Admiral from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002. He is a potential candidate for the 2008 Presidential Race.
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) was the governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction. In November 2005, Time named him one of the five best governors in the U.S. He has officially announced his candidacy for the United States presidential election, 2008.
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948 in Riverside, California) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1981 from California's 52nd congressional district in northern and eastern San Diego. It was previously numbered the 42nd District from 1981 to 1983 and then the 45th District from 1983 to 1993. Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the 109th Congress.
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936, in Panama Canal Zone, Panama) is an American Republican politician, currently the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a presidential candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated by George W. Bush for the Republican nomination. On February 28, 2007, during a guest appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, McCain announced he is seeking the Republican Presidential nomination in the 2008 election, and that he would more formally announce his candidacy in April. He formally announced on April 25, 2007.
George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) was the 53rd Governor of New York, USA serving from January 1995 until December 2006. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born 20 August 1935) is a 10-term Congressman, medical doctor (M.D.), and a 2008 presidential candidate from the U.S. state of Texas. As a Republican, he has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997, and had previously served as the representative from Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985.
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947, usually known as Mitt), is the former 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, elected in 2002. He served one term and did not seek re-election in 2006; his term ended January 4, 2007. Romney is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, having formally announced his candidacy on February 13, 2007. He made his announcement at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
Thomas Gerard ("Tom") Tancredo (born December 20, 1945) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. Tancredo has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the 6th Congressional District of Colorado. Tancredo has gained national attention for his strong stance against illegal immigration. He is a declared candidate for the 2008 Presidential Race.
Fred Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Republican Senator from Tennessee (now residing in McLean, Virginia), who has announced that he is considering a bid in the 2008 Presidential Election.
Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941), a United States politician, was the 7th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin. On April 1, 2007 he announced on This Week that he is a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.
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