In an amazingly creative use of a new social media tool Twitter has created an Election 2008 page. This page filters out twitters from all Twitter users having to do with the candidates and the election.

Upon first entering the page you see a dizzying array of comments, one after another, streaming in from the top of the page. The comments are limited to one page full, but with so many being updated so quickly, it is clear to see you could easily get your fill of political talking points here.

Then, in a unique combination of filters and tag words, the site allows you to choose a top filter word, then to filter even further by adding an additional tag to the search from key phrases at the side of the page. For instance, I chose my first tag words “Katie Couric. Then, on the side I chose “Sarah Palin“.

The results:

Updates about “Katie Couric” and Sarah Palin from Twitter users scanning paused

benjaminspector Watch the 2nd half - Katie Couric’s interview with Sarah Palin - includes ” Putin’s Head” & National Security http://tinyurl.com/5jrswf 2 minutes ago
jalichandra thinks Palin got crushed again in her second attempt at a live interview (with Katie Couric), particularly on russia-alaska experience 3 minutes ago
Cartwright Why Katie Couric better choice than Palin for VP - http://justoutsidephilly.bl… 4 minutes ago
coldfinger apparently “doesn’t work” since he owned a passport at young age. Watch Palin’s interview with Katie Couric to hear it for yourself. Wow… 7 minutes ago
midtownninja It’s really striking how much Sarah Palin uses the passive voice in her intvw with Katie Couric. Obtuse writing reads this way, but speech?! 7 minutes ago
davidgeller Anyone see Palin’s interview by Katie Couric last night? NBC’s Williams played it too. This woman (Palin) is a shockingly poor speaker. 14 minutes ago

Technology!! You just hafta love it don’t you! A person really could get lost in this social media world forever, and never come out.

Thanks Kathy, for the tip on this one!! You can visit this page at http://election.twitter.com/

This story pulled from my allvoices.com news articles.