Obama to YouTube Weekly Addresses

clipped from rawstory.com "President-elect Obama will record the Weekly Democratic Radio Address on video and radio," spokesman Nick Shapiro said. "The address will be turned into a YouTube video which we will post on www.change.gov," the official website of the Obama transition team, he said. "No president-elect or president has ever turned the radio address into a multi-media opportunity before," Shapiro added. "This is just one of many ways that president-elect Obama will communicate directly with the American people and make the White House and the political process more transparent," he said. Shapiro said Obama will continue to use video for the weekly addresses after he takes office on January 20. "President-elect Obama will continue to record and make available the Democratic radio addresses on video when he is in the White House," he said.

Think about it; when was the last time you heard the President's Weekly Radio Address on the radio? He does it every week, but almost no one carries it anymore. WhiteHouse.gov v2.0 wants to make sure it gets out there and, since YouTube videos can be embedded in any blog or news site, it will.

Look for the GOP, with their own version of tech savvy, to make the Republican response available by telegraph.