obama's next steps

On November 4, 2008 the United States America witnessed history being made with one man representing it all, Barack Obama. Obama became the first African American to be elected into office and now our president. While he is the face of history there is no way he could have done it without his supporters. Obama began at the bottom with grassroots movements and worked his way up to the top with national fame and support, even international support. He admits it in his speeches and confirms that that is the way he wanted it. So what does his movement have in common with Wikipedia? What can Obama learn from Wikipedia?
I find Obama’s movement similar to Wikipedia in the way that they both start at the bottom. Wikipedia consists of the consumers adding and editing the information in a fashion that is easier for us to understand and access. As the consumers, we voice what we want and incorporate what we find that is needed. I think that this is why Obama is so successful, because he did not run things, he put the power in the hands of the people for them do and say what they wanted to hear. Who knows what we want to hear than ourselves?
I do think however that there is still a lot of untapped potential in regards to incorporating technology and per say the Commander in Chief. While pictures and videos were recorded from cameras and camera phones and were quickly and efficiently played on line and the news, how can we advance this even more and what does Obama not realize? Well, first of all, his every move will be recorded. Whether it is people seeing him and taking a picture with a camera phone or the paparazzi, it will be incredibly hard for him to not be top news everyday. This can be positive if he is doing well and the country approves of him, however one mistake and you can bet it will be caught on tape and he will be scrutinized for it. I also think that all of this technology along with the ideas of his movement, we can convert this nation into more of democracy. I wonder that why is it only us that are watching Obama; is there any way we could communicate with him and express our idea and concerns? Because of the movements he has lead I think it would be completely appropriate to have this kind of relationship with him where we can continue to tell him what we want and what is best for us. An idea for this would be “mini campaigning”. If Obama and his cabinet can find options to solutions to for example health care, then they can present them to the country as if they were “candidates” and have us vote and decide. Running these mini campaigns on the issues that matter and having everyone’s voice in the decision and policy making in the country. This would once again be ran similar to his campaign in order to maintain this grassroots ideology.