John Edwards just lost the blogosphere, but he’s already staked out his place in the virtual realm of Second Life. Isn’t there something ironic about talking about the “two Americas” from inside an alternate world? But then, it’s a lot less expensive to build a mansion in SL. Not to be outcourted by a man who already has the hair of an avatar, Barack Obama’s just launched his version of MySpace called— yes, really—MyBarackObama. Beacuse Obama belongs to all of us. Even the lurkers.