Hmmm.... What's Missing from the News III: Weiland Facebook Boom

We're working on a theme here...

Badlands Blue notes with satisfaction that Mr. Bendo, Sioux Falls landmark and drunk-driving victim, has a greater Facebook following than GOP gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Munsterman.

In that spirit, consider these numbers:

• U.S. House candidate Dr. Kevin Weiland put his Facebook page up on Wednesday. At 06:17 CDT Friday, he has 497 fans.
• Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has two Facebook pages (Congresswoman and just plain Stephanie—the former is more in first person). The latter has been up for at least three and a half years and has 2431 fans. The former: since last year March, 681 fans.

Now Facebook fan growth isn't linear, but I feel a table coming on:

Candidate	Fans	Apparent Creation Date	Fans per day
Kevin Weiland	497	2010.03.24	248.5
Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	681	2009.03.01	1.7
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	2431	2006.09.15	1.9
Chris Nelson	741	2009.10.07	4.4
Dr. R. Blake Curd	975	2009.10.01	5.5
Kristi Noem	1947	2010.02.16	51.2

Kristi Noem bragged at the beginning of March about winning the "Facebook primary" with her quick fan accretion. Let's see whether those numbers on both sides have any correlation with results in June.