It had been a while since I'd checked out candidates' blogs other than Dean's, and I wanted to know how hot they were. I was surprised at the results -- things had definitely changed since the last time I'd checked.
Here are the total number of comments registered for posts dated November 15, the day of the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, with a post-by-post comment breakdown:
Dean: 2,714
358
391
368
13
315
33
85
48
64
88
102
159
108
143
30
409
Clark: 782
402
177
203
Edwards: 109
93
5
11
Kerry: 50
8
7
2
25
6
1
1
Kucinich: 1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Bush: 0
0
0
I wasn't surprised that Dean was in the lead, but I expected Clark not to be far behind, and I certainly didn't expect Kerry to have less than two percent the comments Dean had. Part of the reason Kucinich only has one comment is because he requires commenters to register, and Bush, of course, does not allow the public to comment on his "blog."