Ahh, how sweet it is. Remember how you demanded all that attention? Remember when we told you to get over yourselves? And you said you didn't have to? Well, you were right, you didn't have to. It turns out that the rest of the nation finally realized how insignificant you were, and just got over you instead. :D
(is this snark?)
Here is a very interesting study from Poblano at 538:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/05/incoming.html
In it, he uses press releases from five sources to attempt to gauge which candidates have been attacking each other the most, and which have been suffering the brunt of most attacks.
As the front-runner, it's not surprising that Obama has been the target of the most, but it is strange (heartening?) to see how few "attack" press releases his campaign has issued.
· Blanche Lincoln's website supports public option (desmoinesdem)
· Big Coal's PR Spending Spree (desmoinesdem)
· IA-03: Former college wrestling coach to challenge Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· Tea Baggers Target Gore... (Cliff Schecter)
· Stimulus Watch (Jerome Armstrong)
· CREW seeks ethics inquiry of Bachmann (desmoinesdem)
· Did IRC help? (MN Campaign Report)
· 5 Worst cities for urban youth (desmoinesdem)
· "The Bishops' Huge Financial Stake in Stupak-Pitts" (desmoinesdem)
· Conservative group wants FEC to override state laws on robocalls (desmoinesdem)
· URGENT: Call these House Ds Saturday to oppose Stupak amendment (desmoinesdem)
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
