But I’m No Expert

I don’t want to be critical our brand new president, after all he hasn’t even had a day to screw things up yet.  And I’m not convinced he will screw things up, I’m just sayin’.  I read an article on Wired that got me thinking and I noticed something quite disappointing.  For the guy who will make government more transparent and accountable:

150,000+ subscribers follow Obama’s Twitter feed.

0 tweets have been posted by Obama staffers since the election.

So, you’re going to be more open by not twittering any more?  I don’t want to falsely equate twittering with good and open communication, I’m sure he has more important things to do, but you have to wonder: if twittering is so important during an election (or the big sales pitch), why is less important now that you’ve gotten the job?

This same article mentioned that his administration also disabled comments on his first few Youtube fireside chats, supposedly out of fear that the comments would embarrass him – like the one that came like “USA susks”).  But this is par for the course on Youtube and makes the communication two-way.  So my question is: is Obama really going to make things more transparent or was that just the sales pitch needed to get into office?

Again, I don’t want to be overly critical, but I think we need to hold our leaders accountable, especially for the stuff that got them elected (no new taxes, huh?).  I hope he is successful an changes the office of the president for the good, unlike some of his predecessors.  Either way, I’m hopeful for the future and still no expert.