the buzz log
We were as pleased as anyone to see a group of candidates' spouses join together for a harmonious chat with Maria Shriver recently. Even if softball interviews make you scream, it's refreshing to see discord is not the only flavor in national politics.
Apologies for turning politics into a popularity contest, but it is our job. So, among the top polling candidates according to Yahoo! News, whose spouse commands the highest count in queries?
| Presidential Spouses in Search | ||
| Significant Other | Select Related Search | |
| 1. Bill Clinton | Hillary | "mask" |
| 2. Jeri Thompson | Fred | "pictures" |
| 3. Michelle Obama | Barack | "car accident" |
| 4. Elizabeth Edwards | John | "cancer update" |
| 5. Ann Romney | Mitt | none |
| 6. Cindy McCain | John | "photo" |
| 7. Judith Nathan | Rudy | "judith nathan guiliani" |
| 8. Barbara Richardson | Bill | none |
A final note...
Even though she's not hitched to a frontrunner, buzz on Elizabeth Kucinich soared a stunning 14,669% over the last month. Perhaps more notably, Dennis Kucinich's wife happens to be the only spouse with "hot" in her record of related searches.
the buzz log
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what's the buzz?
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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