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.
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
· 50 percent of southerners say Obama better president than Bush (desmoinesdem)
· What Yesterday Says About Young Voters (Mike Connery)
· Max Blumenthal on the dysfunctional movement driving the GOP (Mike Connery)
· IA-Gov: Culver launches second tv ad (desmoinesdem)
· Hilarious Vid On Why We Must Vote No On Issue 2!! (Cliff Schecter)
· NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out! (lipris)
· NY-23: Pataki Goes Rogue, Endorses Teabagger Darling Doug Hoffman (lipris)
· Dunne Considering Run For VT-Gov (Nathan Empsall)
· McGovern Grandson Looks to Challenge Thune in 2010 (Jonathan Singer)
· IA-03: Two potential challengers for Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· NJ-Gov: Daggett Goes After Christie and Corzine (Jonathan Singer)
