What’s the current pressure reading on the barometer of public opinion? What does the future hold, and on whom will it get a grip? The Scene turns again to that Magic 8-Ball for ’Net nerds, Googlefight (www.googlefight.com), where you can enter two names into the Google search engine to see which gets more hits. We think Nostradamus woulda done it this way.
In this corner: Patriots The challenger: Panthers The winner: Panthers (2,360,00 to 1,800,000)
In this corner: Janet Jackson The challenger: Justin Timberlake The winner: Janet Jackson (1,370,000 to 600,000)
In this corner: Charlton Heston The challenger: Apes The winner: Apes (679,000 to 167,000)
In this corner: Oreo The challenger: Hydrox The winner: Oreo (164,000 to 27,900)
In this corner: Leno The challenger: Letterman The winner: Letterman (372,000 to 248,000)
In this corner: Family values The challenger: Porn The winner: Porn (60,100,000 to 4,940,000)
In this corner: Ming Wang The challenger: DUI Mike The winner: Ming Wang (239,000 to 29,000)
In this corner: John Kerry The challenger: Howard Dean The winner: Howard Dean (2,350,000 to 1,830,000)
In this corner: Joseph Lieberman The challenger: A flat tire The winner: A flat tire (467,000 to 172,000)
In this corner: Weapons of mass destruction The challenger: A big lie The winner: A big lie (1,650,000 to 1,360,000)
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