Obama Becomes First Prez With Email; Bursts White House Bubble
Looks like President Obama can add one more first under his belt: first president to use email while in office. This will help him break through the White House Bubble and not rely so much on the insulation of the staff around him.
This is why I like the man:
“It’s not just the flow of information,” Obama said in a recent interview with CNBC. “I mean, I can get somebody to print out clips for me, and I can read newspapers. What it has to do with is having mechanisms where you are interacting with people who are outside of the White House in a meaningful way. And I’ve got to look for every opportunity to do that–ways that aren’t scripted, ways that aren’t controlled, ways where, you know, people aren’t just complimenting you or standing up when you enter into a room, ways of staying grounded.”
via First e-mailing prez: Obama keeps his BlackBerry | Politics and Law – CNET News.
We knew it would have to come eventually. I wonder if his staff will get to use Facebook? Or is that a barrier for a future president to knock down?
Read more about the compromise made with the White House Counsel at CNET
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Lets hope he continues to spearhead innovation in the realms of communication and participation, not to mention transparency.
He’s not only the first President but also the only one to have ever really made any effort with social media and digital communication in his campaign, and look what it did for him. He was able to energise and breakthrough the apathy usually associated with the youth vote (believe me when I say I know about voter apathy coming from the UK). This in itself will have changed the course of politics as we know it and whatever else he does we should always remember him and his team for it
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