Obama Is the U2 of YouTube

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Over at the Nation, Ari Melber reports that Barack Obama's response to President Bush's State of the Union address, which was taped exclusively for YouTube, quickly became the "most watched clip in the world":

Barack Obama was the only presidential candidate to tape a rebuttal to President Bush's State of the Union for YouTube. It's paying off. By Tuesday afternoon, "Barack Obama's response to Bush's final State of the Union" was the most watched clip in the world, drawing a over 300,000 views in under 20 hours. The public has shown overwhelming and sustained interest in hearing from Obama directly.
Melber also notes this is the third Obama YouTube video to crack the site's top three in the past 10 days.

You can watch Obama's video here:


    Comments

  1. If by U2 you mean “flowery wailing on top of a monotonous drone,” I couldn't agree with you more. For a person so gifted at delivering a speech I find it remarkable how inarticulate he is when talking extemporaneously; as in almost all unscripted moments in most of the debates.

    Posted by: davehyzy Author Profile Page | January 30, 2008 2:46 PM

  2. Great job. Too bad more people didn't see it. Though I know he's a candidate and couldn't have possibly have delivered the Democratic response, wouldn't it have been great if he could have done so?

    Posted by: Cyn2 Author Profile Page | January 31, 2008 11:07 AM

  3. Testing testing 123

    Posted by: Excellent Author Profile Page | January 31, 2008 2:00 PM

  4. davehyzy's comment seems to be offered by someone is in a complete "state" of denial concerning the popularity and articulate nature of Senator Obama. I would add that Senator Obama is The Who,U2, Led Zeppelin, and Rolling Stones of this campaign. Those who do not truly know music would ever understand this metaphor.

    Posted by: Excellent Author Profile Page | January 31, 2008 2:07 PM

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