What Are Obama and McCain Reading?

It is reported on the Google blog here, that www.google.com/powerreaders can now be used to track the news sites and blogs that Barack Obama and John McCain read.

"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."

Google Reader, available here, is a great way of managing information and keeping tabs on news feeds. Other useful RSS feedreaders are Newzcrawler and Feed-Demon. Both are set up to look like Outlook. Newzcrawler has a ticker-tape option for the bottom of your computer screen and feeds from Reuters. This makes it somewhat similar to the Reuters and Bloomberg services used on the trading and research desks of major banks. Unfortunately, Newzcrawler only has a trial period of 14 days.