Hill-Ar-Y! Hill-Ar-Y! Hill-Ar-Y!

I don’t know about anyone else, but I have become obsessed with the current presidential campaign. I have turned into a political junkie hooked on ALL of the political talk shows and a regular listener of POTUS 08, the XM Radio channel dedicated to election coverage. After 8 years of George Bush, I’ve had enough and this election seems more crucial than ever.

Last week I shared the link to “YouBama” that was covered on Techcrunch.com. As a Hillary supporter, I’d like to know why there is no HillaryTube?! In another post on Techcruch this week, http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/01/googles-gathers-social-graph-information-from-the-web-launches-api/ entitled “In Time for Super Tuesday, It’s Super Obama Girl,” Eric Schonfeld discusses viral videos as endorsements for political candidates –even getting Craig Newmark of Craigslist into the discussion after calling him “no Obama Girl.”

If I had the skill set, I’d have created HillaryTube myself, but unfortunately it’s beyond my technical capability — for now. But perhaps that’s the point. Hillary’s supporters tend to be older and not the type who sit at the computer pouring over You Tube videos, whereas Obama’s supporters are younger and more tech savvy. It’s really a shame that someone on Hillary’s team was not focused on using the Web in a way that could reach a younger audience. When I searched YouTube for Hillary videos, the top videos were all negative rather than positive. This can’t be a good thing.

In addition, in analyzing the videos posted about Obama, I noticed that many were coming from once source (barackobamadotcom) and they were entitled things like: Meet Barack Obama, Obama Family Holiday Greeting, Victory Speech (Iowa), My Plans for 2008, and Barack Obama’s Response to Bush’s State of the Union Address. It’s clear that his campaign is taking advantage of technology in a way that Hillary Clinton’s is not. However, his smart use of YouTube is not enough to change my mind about her ability to lead the nation.

I still feel experience counts for a lot. I like Barack Obama and will happily throw my support his way if necessary. But I’d rather do all I can to see that Hillary gets the nomination FIRST. Frankly, I find her just as inspiring as Barack. He does not have a lock on hope and inspiration. She is a strong woman who has been through great adversity which she handled with dignity. In short, she’s battle-tested. She has a direct and candid manner that I find very appealing and wouldn’t that be a nice change in the Oval Office!

So with only two days left before Super Tuesday, how do I plan to help the campaign? I’ll be making phone calls on her behalf urging fellow Democrats to join me in voting for Hillary on February 5th. And if all goes well, maybe the next thing to tackle might be a YouTube video starring a Super Hillary Boy!