Forget the polls, who has the most online friends?

Much ink has been spent on the idea that web the internet will play a key role in the 2008 presidential race. Now there's this: a new website that tracks the number of "friends" listed on each presidential candidate's MySpace account (and yes, to run for president today means you must set up an account with revealing details: John Edwards lists that his favorite movie is "The Shawshank Redeption," Mitt Romney posts his zodiac sign, pisces, and Tom Vilsack lets it be known that he likes "BBQ's with my family").

Currently, Barack Obama (with 38,462 friends) is leading the race for the Democrats, followed by Hillary Clinton (12,157), John Edwards (11,150), Tom Vilsack (1,294), Dennis Kucinich (949), Bill Richardson (664), Joe Biden (430), and Chris Dodd (149)

For the Republicans (who, it must be said, need to get some more online friends if they're going to compete for the White House), Ron Paul is leading the field with 2,122, followed by John McCain (1,287), Tom Tancredo (1,017), Rudy Giuliani (539), Mike Huckabee (335), Mitt Romney (218), and Sam Brownback (165)