If we have learned anything from last week's elections, popular culture believes in video. This article in the Hamilton Spectator identifies these items:
* Virginia Senator George Allen was comfortably ahead in the polls until summer when a racial slur he made was caught on video and uploaded to YouTube. An estimated 400,000 viewers downloaded the clip. Allen conceded defeat this week to his Democratic opponent in a squeaky close vote.
* And last month, more than 112,000 visitors watched a video of Tennessee Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. explaining his presence at a Super Bowl party hosted by Playboy. He also just narrowly lost his seat.
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