A Government for the Rest of Us

When the new whitehouse.gov site launched, a surreal awakening took hold. Government, so often associated with an out of touch, out of reach body of incompetent and out of touch old white men, suddenly bridged a gap. A gap between the past and the future. A gap between two (actually three) generations. A gap between hope and rhetoric. While Barack Obama will not be able to shed himself of the inherent hypocrisy that IS politics...his administration, and more specifically, his technology team, has extended a bridge to those of us who haven't believed. This web site is isn't just some feeble attempt to pose as hip, or to convince the non-believers. The new web site is genuine, and passes the tests inside web developers will put it through. as we click around, checking code, raising eyebrows at the progressive navigation, smirking at the modern voice used in the copy, take note of the META data...we have to lay down our sword of skepticism and admit, "OK, someone up there finally gets it."