by WonkoKevin

John McCain’s buzz share in Wonkosphere has gone back to the pre-conventions level of 40%, with Obama at 60%. During the Democratic convention, Obama’s buzz share peaked over 80%, and dropped to 55% when Sarah Palin’s candidacy was announced. McCain’s buzz share peaked 75% on the day after Palin’s speech, and actually came down 15% the day after his own speech. Note that much of Obama’s buzz continues to come from conservative bloggers.

by WonkoKevin

If one of John McCain’s objectives in picking Sarah Palin as VP was to stop the Obama news cycle, Wonkosphere can report: mission accomplished.  Obama’s buzz share in both liberal and conservative realms had been in the 60% range, peaking around 75% earlier in the week.  Over the last 24 hours, McCain now leads Obama in buzz share 60-40, effectively turning the tables on Obama’s convention bump.  We assume with the events of next week McCain will maintain or even increase this lead, knocking attention away from Obama for a good ten days.  The Republicans hope that all the upcoming attention is positive.