Big change at the top today. Today's standings and 3-day trend:
| Query String | Hit Count | Change Since 8/12 |
|---|---|---|
| "Hillary Clinton" phony | 391,000 | +14,000 |
| "John Edwards" phony | 349,000 | -85,000 |
| "John McCain" phony | 302,000 | +5,000 |
| "Barack Obama" phony | 280,000 | +11,000 |
| "Ron Paul" phony | 266,000 | -1,000 |
| "Mitt Romney" phony | 240,000 | +16,000 |
| "Fred Thompson" phony | 209,000 | +10,000 |
| "Rudy Giuliani" phony | 186,000 | +3,000 |
| "Dennis Kucinich" phony | 129,000 | +7,000 |
| "Dave Burge" phony | 56 | +1 |
The big news here is, obviously, the sudden disappearance of 85,000 hits for John Edwards, causing his seemingly-safe lead to vanish like a snowflake in July. What's the opposite of ballot-box stuffing? Ballot-box sucking? Whatever it is, I accuse Google of it.
As I fearlessly predicted, Obama's shown a big gain. Given his recent fact-challenged pronouncements, I'm guessing we'll soon see him in third place.
Romney has the biggest gain, though. Probably needs to muss his hair a bit.
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