for those interested.. heres a super mashup of maps and twitter in real time

http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://www.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/elections/2008/primary/primaries.xml&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google-mp&utm_term=decision2008

"Google and Twitter team up for election coverage, but what about Jaiku?

Jaiku, which has a much smaller and more European user base than Twitter, isn't really doing it for Google."
http://valleywag.com/352971/google-and-twitter-team-up-for-election-coverage-but-what-about-jaiku

Haochi – some how Valleywags post don't hold creditability with me, thats just me..!!