First, I would like to say congratulations to our next president of the United States. No matter who everyone voted for, we are all keeping an eye on how the future of our struggling America pans out.  Secondly, there was something that America should really pay attention to, and that is an amazing effect the internet had on the election of our 44th president.
The internet AND social networking tools contributed to the Barack Obama being elected. According to businessstandard.com,“Obama, on his part, has refined the digital act further — a fact revealed during his presidential announcement speech in Springfield last October when he said: “Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age…” A few examples of this being implemented, was in the case where almost 300,000 people created accounts on the barackobama.com website, he became the first YouTube politician, got involved on Facebook, MySpace, text messaging and all other avenues of the internet for fund raising and party awareness.
Another interesting aspect in this presidential campaign was, “Obama has proposed the creation of the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to ensure that the American government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century. The CTO will have a specific focus on transparency, by ensuring that each arm of the federal government makes its records open and accessible as the e-government Act requires. The CTO will also ensure technological interoperability of key government functions”, according to Business Standard.
No matter who was elected, the excitement of the internet and the power it can have also excited Leadpile Lead Exchange. We are in it for the long hall on wherever this great internet craze LEADS us!

In an effort to keep our Leadpile Lead Exchange blog readers “politically educated”, I have researched some top political websites. We all know that the 2008 elections are approaching, and it is time to really understand what it is you will be voting on in a couple weeks.
According to Hitwise.com, these are the top 10 political websites out there. This information is for US internet usage ending the week of September 27th, 2008.

1. www.huffingtonpost.com
2. www.realclearpolitics.com
3. www.barackobama.com
4. www.politico.com
5. politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
6. elections.foxnews.com
7. www.dailykos.com
8. www.freerepublic.com
9. www.townhall.com
10. www.johnmccain.com

Leadpile Lead Exchange wants everyone to get out there and vote November 4th, 2008.