Ok so its not exactly prophetic, but if you are a believer like me in the power of Google search trends to reflect the real world, then it sure seems so at times.  No example shows this more than the Google Insights chart involving the candidates for the Republican Nomination. Take a look at the Google Insights graph below:

This chart says it all. It really seems to mimic puplic sentiment in the race. In this chart you can see all the surges and plateaus and of course crashes. There is Rick Perry and Herman Cain. They cam surged and crashed. You can see the two steady streams in Romney and Paul never going down nor up. Now there is Newt Gingrich slowly rising and then finally just last week crossing paths with all the candidates except for (at least according to Insights) Ron Paul. The telling thing about Gingrich is his trend is steady and on the rise.

Once again search mimics life or is that life mimics search. Either way lets see how the trends hold up.