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...Richter scale of Internet search energy, Republican presidential candidate John McCain's announcement on Friday that he had chosen Sarah Palin, the current governor of Alaska, as his running mate measured a magnitude 10. If you compare the number of searches for "John McCain," "Barack Obama" or "Joe Biden" with those for "Sarah Palin," there's no contest. In just two days, the number of U.S. Internet searches for "Sarah Palin" reached a peak greater than any other political personality in the past three years. In the week ending Aug. 30, 2008, searches for Governor Palin were almost four times...
...what exactly are Palin searchers seeking...
...unique search queries containing "Sarah Palin" over the past four weeks, there were many that you'd normally expect to see regarding a newly named vice-presidential candidate: queries about Palin's biography, for example, her voting record and her stance on abortion. The No. 1 search was simply "Sarah Palin." The next nine most popular search terms that appeared in conjunction with "Sarah Palin" were...
...news! Other Republican leaders were completely shocked by the Palin revelation. "Jaw-dropping and off-message," said one, adding hopefully, "but not fatal...
...Good news! McCain's campaign reassured supporters that the candidate knew everything about Palin in advance of his surprise decision to add her to the ticket. Just in case, though, according to ABC and NBC News, Republicans are sending a team of lawyers to Alaska to get a handle on Palin outbreaks...