President Obama on Twitter - Good Move?

SGM Matthew Quick — Tue, 26 May 2015 23:15:16 -0400

In the social media age, I feel this is a GREAT idea!

Of course the POTUS will be criticized and many will say this will cheapen the office, BUT, was Calvin Coolidge criticized for addressing the Nation through radio in 1925 or was Harry Truman criticized for appearing on television in 1947? Probably...but people eventually embrace change.

The new strategy offers benefits as well as risks. The White House can reach more people without the filter of the traditional media, target its audience with precision and receive almost immediate feedback. But the approach raises the prospect of fostering further political polarization if the president opts to communicate mostly with parts of the electorate that identify with him ideologically or can be helpful politically.

Critics worry that governance by social media will cheapen the power of the presidency by substituting hashtag activism for serious policymaking. And in these exceptionally partisan times, some see the president’s prodigious use of social media as just another example of the cozy political relationship between the political left and Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2015/05/26/heres-how-the-first-president-of-the-social-media-age-has-chosen-to-connect-with-americans/

Here’s how the first president of the social media age has chosen to connect with Americans

The White House has become its own digital production company.

Response by CPT Zachary Brooks made May 26 at 2015 11:23 PM

CPT Zachary Brooks — Tue, 26 May 2015 23:23:50 -0400

Will it pass on to the next POTUS?

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 27 at 2015 1:07 AM

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Wed, 27 May 2015 01:07:15 -0400

I would like to think that the President of the United States has more important things to do than standing around tweeting all day! ;-)