Obama & Email

The dust from the fiery presidential election has settled. Obama will be our next commander-in-chief. Its no doubt that he ran a remarkable online campaign, embracing all social networks and communities. But most importantly, he utilized email and proved that it was one of the most powerful and significant facets of his campaign -- driving it ultimately to success.

Since August of this year, I was sent 110 emails. They came in at nearly a daily basis, holding my attention throughout the life-cycle of the campaign. He even announced Biden as his running mate with an email! But now that the campaign is over, what will be done with all of the email addresses collected? In the last message delivered, he stated "I'll be in touch soon about what comes next." Will Obama keep his momentum going and maintain the direct line of communication to his supporters? I sure hope so.

It would be such a shame if he only communicated to the American people via mass media outlets from here on out. I would love to continue to get updates and information directly from my president through twitter, myspace and especially email. I think he should continue to embrace the technologies he used to win the presidency.

What do you think? Comment below.

Thanks to Kirk Bentley's thread at the EMC for some insight on this.