So now we are more than a week past the final election week results and Barack Obama is our President Elect and George Bush regrets saying alot of things while in office. What a wild post election week.

I am a non-traditional when it comes to politics, internet, and blogging. I am a conservative Republican.

However, one thing I have admired almost a year ago is how Democrats, Barack Obama exclusively has used the power of the internet, more specifically social media to rally his supporters and influencers. Never before has a campaign leveraged the power of online social communities like Barak Obama. As of today here are some general statistics for some major social sites the Barack Obama campaign has tapped into:

• Facebook Group - Over 3.1 million subscribers
• Myspace Profile – Over 900,000 friends
• Youtube Profile – Over 1,800 videos and 135,000+ subscribers
• Twitter Profile – 128,000 + followers

Why I am bringing up these statistics is the fact that Barack Obama (and the Democrats per se) have a huge crowdsourcing gem on their hands for not only during Barack Obama’s Presidency but for his re-election aspirations in 2012.

Barack Obama is the first president to have the power to leverage Social Media in such a way as never seen before by our Presidency or Government as a whole. Immediately after he won the presidency, he launched the website, CHANGE.GOV – A website dedicated to educating and communicating with the social user.

On the flip side, the Republicans seem to be taking note. I won’t get into how massive the difference in statistics were for John McCain for the website mentioned above, but what I want to mention is that it seems the Republicans are taking note as well by launching their own Social site called REPUBLICANFORAREASON.com

I applaud the Republicans for jumping on the band wagon and understanding the power of Social Media, but I have to admit the massive difference in Social Media Strategy is still massive. Consider the domains themselves used from a marketing standpoint. Change.gov vs. RepublicanForAReason.com – The Republicans just may have added hyphens inbetween words, it would have made the domain easier to remember.

I am excited to see that both parties now are understanding the power of Social Media. Time will tell who will win this campaign of utilizing Social Media to its maximum potential.