Obama Launches Change.gov for the Presidential Transition

Barack Obama launched Change.gov on Nov 6 for the transition to the new administration on January 20, 2009.

From what I have seen so far, it looks like the new administration is going to utilize the internet a lot more., I hope they can get rid of the person currently in-charge of regulating the internet,. This person, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens who is now a convicted felon, thinks the internet is a series of “tubes”. If re-elected, which it looks like will happen, he will be the first felon elected to the United States Senate.

The website is a take on the BarackObama.com website. The site stripped away a lot of web 2.0 gadgets and innovation community organizing tools that helped him succeed in the campaign.

I feel a great sigh of relief that finally we will have people running the nation that have true understanding of the capabilities of the internet. I could not see this happening with John McCain. I visited his site several times, and compared it with Obama’s website. McCain’s Internet team didn’t get it nor did Hilary Clinton’s in my opinion.

Several times it looked like they were attempting to copy and paste Obama’s website, without having the ability to capture the same elegance and innovation. Clinton and McCain attempted to steal Obama’s “Change” theme which he coined and became synonymous with Obama from the beginning. It was his brand.

That’s what we need; people who understand what the front line of the Internet is and what it means to the next-generation. Taxes don’t look great for some but at least the future of the Internet does.
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