Ohboyobama.com - Grassroots Ideas for Obama

Oh Boy Obama is a web based portal independently developed with the intention of encouraging creative ideas at the grassroots level for the Obama campaign. Anyone can submit their opinion or suggestion about what Obama should be focusing on now and in the future and other voters can vote on the idea and it will rise and fall in order a la Digg. Users can search and submit ideas through a variety of categories which include: Scheduling, Tactical, Publicity, Advertising, Demographic, Controversy or Get Out the Vote. Also present on the page are a variety of polls for Obama supporters such as “What would be the most helpful in Obama’s veep pick”.

“Oh Boy Obama is the unofficial campaign think-tank. Created by Obama supporters for the purpose of giving the Obama grassroots a platform to submit and vote on ideas to better the 2008 primary and general election campaign of Barack Obama. All supporters are welcome to contribute.”

This is a site full of great ideas and it would be no surprise if the Obama camp began to use the page to gauge public opinion and tailor election strategy accordingly. The voting format is a great way of prioritizing ideas.

Will Obama endorse the page? Such an endorsement would cause traffic to jump considerably. Will they try and monetize traffic with advertising or will the site stay advertising free.