Obama Transition Web Team Includes Both Technical and Outreach Staff
Cross-posted on techPresident
As reported on TPM Cafe yesterday, the Obama transition team has named its first online communications staff: Macon Phillips, formerly of Blue State Digital and the Obama campaign, will head new media, and Jesse Lee will handle “online communications,” meaning outreach. A couple of observations: first, note how early these guys are being hired — the election was only a week ago, and the new media team is already being put into place. Think the Obama folks might understand how critical online communications is in a modern political environment?
Second, note that while Phillips comes from the technology/strategy side, Lee deals with people on the web — he’s been a blogger himself and has great relations with the lefty political blogs (MyDD is pleased, while Aravosis just about blows a gasket over the guy), plus he has the sharp political experience of working with the DCCC in a very successful 2006 election cycle. Another hire: friend-of-e.politics Cammie Croft, who’ll also be working on “online communications.”
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