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John McCain takes a drubbing on YouTube; the conservative blogosphere and Obama's Auschwitz "gaffe"; Congress, Franking Rules, and wikis; the Forum on Participation and Politics Online is next week; your humble Daily Digester passes the baton; and Newt gets 100,000 signatures on a domestic oil drilling petition.

A Digg-style site lets Obama supporters make suggestions to the campaign; a video of a Young Hillary Clinton; who, exactly, are these online Republicans we hear about?; Click 4 Obama makes a political FreeRice site; Causes posts some big numbers; and the RNC launches a Obama Iraq countdown clock.

A fake superdelegate on YouTube; Hillary can't catch a break online; Grover Norquist shows up in the RNC's "Can We Ask" campaign; graphic designers get out the vote; John McCain shores up his tech policy; a McCain adviser answers Wired readers' questions; Hillary's t-shirt contest enters the voting stage; Ron Paul's been employing tons of family members; and a Member of Congress uses Qik.

The Next Right launches; is Slatecard the "Republican ActBlue"?; Hillary Clinton's bad day; it's the network, stupid; Barack Obama is the jukebox favorite; Al Franken continues to get hounded by bloggers; Newt Gingrich hints at a 2012 or 2016 run; and Hillary and Barack dance in Puerto Rico.

David Brooks talks about geeks, tech, and politics; dreams of an Obama-Webb ticket; CQ's VP contest is over, and the winner is...; a new study suggests that HuffPo readers aren't as homogeneous as you think; two new projects hope to produce quality journalism with the help of their readers; chat with Obama fans on FriendFeed; the RNC launches a cool video contest; and anti-Mitch McConnell ads on two cheap gas sites.

A new song wants to convince John McCain to fire the lobbyists working for his campaign; the DNCC blog dust-up continues; The Next Right is set to launch next week; a catalog of robo-calls from around the country; the ultimate "nightmare ticket"; two funny, meaningless bits of web-detritus; a forum on Online Political Participation at NYU in June; buy a Barack Obama and Raul Castro tea set from the RNC; analyzing Obama and McCain's SEO skillz; an analysis of McCain's new web site; and an Alaska Senatorial candidate pledges to post his calendar online.

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A new Republican group swears web domination is all about the right tools; the presidential race is the best example of the impact of blogging on politics, says Technorati; Jose Antonio Vargas gets introspective about online politics; the DNC credentialing process is on the verge of becoming a fiasco; Second Life attacks made real in Russia; Google News and Google Earth offer cool possibilities; a new, smooth pro-Obama tune; McCain says none more black!; Hillary Tweets more, conducts blog outreach; and British PM reaches out to constituents on YouTube.

The Obama camp "leaks" an alleged VP short list; McCainPedia is criticized for not being wiki enough; James Kotecki and David McMillan ponder Obama's blackness; a new Brave New Films video rises to the top of the viral heap; and John McCain's TV ads are getting some notice.