Much is being made in the media of John McCain's near-total lack of internet savy, while Barack Obama is a Blackberry addict. He can be seen constantly thumbing away, whenever he is away from the podium or not gladhanding folks on the campaign trail.
Even President Bush told Maria Bartiromo that he "uses the Google."
This is probably a non-issue. A president is swarmed with aides and secret service personnel, who are computer savy and will cheerfully do what ever he needs done, instantly. Maybe a guy as hooked as Obama appears to be on Blackberry, may find himself as Jimmy Carter did--too immersed in details to see the big picture.
While Jimmy was busy keeping the schedule for use of the White House tennis courts, Iran seized Americans hostage and interest rates shot up to 22%.
A President needs time for reflection and contemplation, the ability to see the totality of things, and to let his underlings take care of the details.
Statistics show that some 82% of Americans use the internet to at least some degree. This is up from 41.5% when Bill Clinton assumed the presidency in 1992. Once Al Gore got the internet invented, it sure spread like wildfire!
Internet savy is probably not a defining issue in the presidential campaign. Just something for the pundits to have fun with.
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