ABC is claiming that more than a million Facebook users have downloaded ABC News’ U.S. Politics application.
In early December, ABC’s Facebook app was being downloaded at a pace of 10k per week; then something happened. Barack Obama’s upset win in Iowa last week? Obama, after all, is the king of Facebook, with 206k "friends" this week, up 19.6% from last week and more than triple Hillary Clinton’s 61k.

Watch out Hilary!

Meanwhile, we are just as surprised by ABC’s ratings for both debates: 9.36 million tuned in for the Democrats and 7.35 million for the Republicans according to media research on what is usually a sleepy Saturday night. Previous attempts to tie youth-oriented web hits like YouTube and MySpace with Presidential politics have generated underwhelming numbers.