It's the big day! We'll be liveblogging here at techPres starting at around 7:30; "if web traffic equalled votes.." If only!; Barack Obama is officially the hockey-stick candidate; MTV's Street Team '08 fans out across the country; a majority of Facebook users tell pollsters that Hillary Clinton would be a bad choice for president; Tim Wu on Net neutrality and Obama; two polls from LinkedIn and MySpace give show a preference for Obama; Noam Scheiber interviews Joe Trippi; Obama is encouraging supporters to email and call their friends, even if they're too busy watching the "Yes We Can" video; a look at the candidates use of technology in the final push before Super Tuesday; and why Fred Thompson's blog was good, even if his campaign, er, wasn't.

I have been silent for some time due to my involvement with the Thompson campaign. With that campaign having ended, I would like to share my thoughts on what went right with the online effort despite many people focusing obsessively on what went wrong with the campaign generally.

There is a lot to learn from this campaign, and I invite you to take a look. However, the post is lengthy, and I tend to get zealous and preachy. Take that with a grain of salt. It's just who I am. If you feel like discussing it further, feel free to drop a note.

For the brave, read on...

Black bloggers dissect the racial under- and overtones of the ongoing spat between Obama and Clinton; Florida bloggers get busy in advance of the primary there; the Onion launches the amazing "War for the White House" site; some voters to Bill Clinton: "Just shut up"; Surprise! Fred Thompson drops out; differing opinions on what led to Thompson's lackluster support; Clinton and Obama battle it out online; why is so little money being spent online in the 2008, while almost $5 billion will be spent elsewhere?; and Mitt Romney lets the dogs out.

Jay Rosen explains why campaign coverage sucks, but does it nicely; Zack Exley gets in-depth about the Clinton campaign's field operation; political journalists are Twittering; allegations of voter suppression from the Clinton campaign in Nevada are gaining traction; expat Democrats can now vote in the primaries online; Micah Sifry schools Brian Lehrer on online political video; Duncan Hunter drops out; and Fred Thompson is still in it for now, though is obits are being written anyway.

The netroots take issue with Barack Obama comparing himself to Ronald Reagan; Jose Antonio Vargas reminds us that the web isn't just about raising money but about bringing voters into the fold; another new site lets voters chart their stands on the issues next to the candidates, and William Shatner; and most of the candidates are doing little online to prepare for tomorrow's caucus and primary.

Mitt Romney, victor of Michigan, dominates our favorite videos of the week. Watch as he’s criticized for dissing a medical marijuana user, Democrats are urged to bring out the vote for him, and he gets testy with a reporter for bringing up the small question of whether lobbyists are running his campaign. Touchy subject, Mitt?

While we were sleeping, there was a Wyoming primary, but few candidates mention the results on their sites; The Barocket is back! Barack Obama's online popularity has skyrocketed since his win in Iowa; Facebook's role in Saturday's debates may have underwhelmed, but it did give voters a chance to spout off; Ron Paul is excluded from yesterday's GOP debate and no one really knows why; citizen journalists the Uptake post a video about their process in Iowa; and Joe Garofoli describes the intricate dance campaigns perform to turn online support into offline action and to court the youth vote.

The MySpace Primary launches, underwhelms; James Kotecki asks why Ron Paul's supporters are overwhelmingly male; a new bumper crop of bloggers rises in Iowa; a new pro-Huckabee group attacks Mitt Romney; the God-o-Meter charts the Godliest candidates; who are new video jabs from Huckabee and Romney aimed at?; and Huckabee pulls a mysterious (and expensive) ad campaign at the last minute.

If the candidates won't blog, New Groper will blog for them; Ron Paul as the first long tail candidate; Chris Bowers thinks progressive bloggers are lost in the wilderness; and Mitt Romney is the only candidate to wish his supporters a Happy Hanukkah.

In an all-GOP edition of the week's favorite videos, Fred Thompson takes a stand, a satiric Mike Huckabee ad manages to insult just about every Republican in Iowa, we see a quieter, God-fearing Chuck Norris, Rudy giggles, and Ron Paul gives a dazed performance in his own Christmas video.