Google Releases Tool to Track What Obama, McCain, and Other Politicos are Reading Online

That is a screenshot that I took of the Google Reader Shared Items page which Google specially customized to accept shared items from the accounts of the Campaign managers of Obama, McCain and others.

Here is what The Official Google Blog has to say about it:

Follow what Obama, McCain and leading political commentators are reading

8/18/2008 10:01:00 AM

We're reading a lot about the candidates and the media this election season. But what are they reading? At google.com/powerreaders now you can track the news sites and blogs Barack Obama and John McCain read (from Drudge to The Daily Show) and follow articles catching the eyes of leading political journalists. Both the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns and leading political journalists are using Google Reader to keep up with their favorite new sites and blogs as well as share articles that interest them. You can follow shared articles and blog posts, or you can add participants' reading lists or shared news feeds to your own Reader account.

We're pleased to include the following contributors in our launch:

• Obama and McCain campaigns
• Mike Allen, POLITICO
• Chuck DeFeo, Townhall
• John Dickerson, Slate
• Mark Halperin, TIME
• Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post
• Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
• Jon Meacham, Newsweek
• Patrick Ruffini, The Next Right

Visit google.com/powerreaders to stay up to date on what the political gurus are reading -- so you too can become one by November.

Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager

This obviously is another spin zone, which makes it interesting since we can see what Obama/McCain want us to be reading, and, by extension, what they want us to be thinking.

The individual feeds of everyone on the Google Blog's list are all available via RSS which makes it easy to keep up with the posts anytime.

Enjoy!

direct link to McCain's page

direct link to Obama's page