It’s interesting to see how the candidates in this election are using the internet.  They use all kinds of “Web 2.0″ site to reach out.  Most of these are in vain because I think very few undecided  voters will active search this out.  Who really wants to go through Obama’s 700+ YouTube videos (link)?  But how are the candidates in twenty years going to be affected by what they are posting on the internet now?

We keep hearing how things people post online bit them in the end when some perspective employer see them doing a keg stand on Facebook.  But how much of this will get factored into elections in the future where news organizations will dedicate teams of people to going through the digital footprints of the candidates?  We already know how news organizations will jump on the smallest inconsistency in a candidate’s past.  How many flame war, YouTube, and Flickr posts will we see in the 2030 election?  How many misspelled words that questions their intelligence?

I guess the one thing to take away is that if you are even thinking about running of office don’t use the Internet.  Actually, that might explain our current government.