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		<title>Obama Blogs? President-Elect Launches Web Site, Embraces Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Lafsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After running the most technology-dominated presidential campaign in history, it&#8217;s only logical that Obama would keep the trend going into his new administration. And by all accounts, he has every intention of doing so: The Washington Post reports that the president-elect and his transition team are gearing up (pun fully intended) to &#8220;create the first [...]]]></description>
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<p>After running the <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/08/20/obama-would-win-easilyif-the-election-were-a-web-poll/" target="_blank">most technology-dominated</a> presidential campaign in history, it&#8217;s only logical that Obama would keep the trend going into his new administration. And by all accounts, he has every intention of doing so: The <em>Washington Post</em> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111000013.html?hpid=topnews" target="_blank">reports</a> that the president-elect and his transition team are gearing up (pun fully intended) to &#8220;create the first truly &#8216;wired&#8217; presidency.&#8221;</p>
<p>So far the major cyber-moves include consolidating the list of over 10 million supporter e-mail addresses gathered during the campaign, planning the transition of Obama&#8217;s 95-person &#8220;new media&#8221; campaign staff into an expanded White House operation, and biggest and flashiest of all, the launch of the president-to-be&#8217;s official Web site, <a href="http://change.gov/" target="_blank">change.gov</a>. It&#8217;s self-billed as &#8220;your source for the latest news, events and announcements so that you can follow the setting up of the Obama administration,&#8221; and so far it contains a <a href="http://change.gov/page/content/americanmoment" target="_blank">forum to share</a> your election day stories, a <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/" target="_blank">newsfeed</a>, and lo and behold, <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/blog/" target="_blank">a blog</a>! Take that, <a href="http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/16/lee_siegel/" target="_blank">anti-blogites</a>—if it&#8217;s good enough for Obama, it&#8217;s good enough for <a href="http://opinionistas.com/" target="_blank">us</a>.</p>
<p>So is this the era of the blogger-president? Can we expect Web cams in the Oval Office and Twitters from cabinet meetings?</p>
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<p>Probably not, but the reality may not be so far off. At least according to Andrew Raseij, founder of TechPresident.com, who told CNN: &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if Barack Obama starts doing a weekly YouTube video and also fireside chats for the 21st century by allowing people to filter up questions to him that he might answer.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sounds great! Now all YouTube (and every other media outlet) needs to do is <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/google-we-still-haven-t-made-anything-from-youtube-postini-but-doubleclick-is-a-cash-machine" target="_blank">figure out how to monetize it</a> all.</p>
<p>Related:<br />
RB: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/08/20/obama-would-win-easilyif-the-election-were-a-web-poll/">Obama Would Win Easily…If the Election Were a Web Poll</a><br />
RB: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/07/08/how-down-with-technology-are-each-of-the-candidates/">How Down With Technology Are Each of the Candidates?</a><br />
RB: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/09/24/obama-changes-his-view-or-at-least-his-web-site-on-technology/">Obama Changes His View (Or, at Least, His Web Site) On Technology</a></p>
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