Web based political campaign management-why no major players yet?

[darwinGod]

why aren't there major players for a dedicated web based political campaign management platform?

Not for dearth of capital/ monetization risks .. if it were proved benficial, then politicians would be pumping money into the same.

For the last few years, social networking has tailored to a particular niche..

Linkedin- Jobs/career Ning -private social networks academia.edu - Social networking for Researchers and so on.

[thinkalone]

Sounds like a fantastic idea! I could see a combination of CRM, calendar, analytics of voting districts or previous voting data, and a ping.fm-style interface to manage the candidates' presence on multiple social sites.

If I had to manage a campaign, the closest solution I know of would be CiviCRM http://civicrm.org/