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Barack Obama has raised heaps ‘n gobs of money, he’s ahead in the polls, it’s a new day, the sun is shining, birdies are chirping, maidens are dancing in the meadow…

Right?

Wrong. It’s not over. We should still send money to the Obama campaign. I’ve outlined my reasons here. See if you disagree.

I would enjoy Maureen Dowd’s columns a lot more if she got Aaron Sorkin to write all of them.

BARTLET I won’t lie to you, being fictional was a big advantage.

OBAMA What do you mean?

BARTLET I’m a fictional president. You’re dreaming right now, Senator.

OBAMA I’m asleep?

BARTLET Yes, and you’re losing a ton of white women.

OBAMA Yes, sir.

BARTLET I mean tons.

OBAMA I understand.

BARTLET I didn’t even think there were that many white women.

Link! Via MetaFilter

The campaign didn’t customize heavily and it didn’t look for bleeding edge technology. It used the same stuff the rest of the blogging world does–Movable Type, PHP, MySQL with a dose of community. The competitive advantage came from using social networking to “empower a highly decentralized, largely self-organizing, network of volunteers,” reports Carr.

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Can these systems hold up in a general election? Carr noted that data management will become a problem for Obama now that his campaign will have to hook up with the Democratic national campaign. One software and quality assurance pro said that she sees flaws in the Obama systems that could become a problem in the general election. The biggest issue: The campaign switches between two or three different systems to track voter contact. Bottom line: Data integrity will be an issue.

But like any other startup, Obama’s campaign will have to figure out how to scale quickly and handle peak loads.

Obama: the Twitter of candidates? Read on. [via YatPundit]