Candidates rely on electronic media to get votes

This election is more of a digital age than President Barrack Obama's infamous campaign funding of online donations. Republicans are geared towards the 21st century and the young voters that prowl the social media hubs.

Republicans have been surfacing on the web in the most unsuspected areas, tweeting with the intent of catching the eye of the young voters and hoping that their statuses are popping up on your home page.

"You have to take your message to the places where people are consuming content and spending their time," said Mitt Romney's online director, Zac Moffatt. "We have to recognize that people have choices, and you have to reach them where they are and on their terms."

This year's presidential hopefuls are clogging the walls of Facebook by posting videos of speeches, statuses and discussions. And they're meeting you on your playing field to win your vote this coming election. 

This year's Republican candidates have jumped on the social bandwagon, embracing Twitter with a passion that even a boy band couldn't conceive. As Moffatt puts it: "The campaign site may be headquarters, but it needs digital embassies across the web."

The question is, is tweeting appropriate for the next president of the United States? Is this the new standard we hold our commander and chief too?

Do we expect each candidate to give their opinions in 140 words or less from now on?  Bringing a message to the public and targeting youth for the upcoming election is fine and dandy, but short text should be unacceptable for the next man or woman to occupy the oval office and the highest position in American government. 

I would hope to see "responsible tweeting" at the least.

Does America find this angle effective and appropriate? I do believe the following months will tell.

I commend the GOP for taking the issues to the voters in a most unlikely, yet so far effective, manner, and I do applaud those who remember who they are and what they are running for as to prevent the "txt lingo."

Let us hope our candidates can reserve their dignity on such a non-refined social media such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.

The Candidates of 2011 are sniffing out the young ‘ins. Let's see if there are any more ways they find to reach the new generation.

What could they possibly do next? Political rallys at skate parks?