Twitter Campaigning

Its that time again, presidential election time. With that comes a lot of people we have probably never heard of running for office and asking us to vote for them. I will be honest, for the most part, I don't follow politics too close, I find it boring. However, I have never missed an opportunity to vote and take pride in the fact that I am able to. But like most people I know, I vote mainly on what I hear the people I am close to tell me about the candidates. I work in TV and I never pay attention to political ads on tv, because I know how untrue those can be.
Anyways, with the growth of social media, we can certainly expect to play a large role in the up-coming elections.
I found an article on the New York Times website that deals with one presidential candidate "family" who is using Twitter to have a little fun on the campaign trail.
Jon Huntsman Jr. who has seven children, three of which have decided to Tweet about what life is like on the road. Mary Anne, 26; Abby, 25; and Liddy, 23 are the daughters who are not only part of the Huntsman family, but are also helping in the Huntsman for President campaign. The Twitter account is @Jon2012Girls and so far they have made over 250 Tweets and almost 5,000 followers. 
According to the article,  Abby says the account was setup to, "Give kids our age an inside perspective into life on the campaign trail." What does dad, Jon think about all of this? “It’s the way people communicate today, so all I’ve done is to say, ‘Girls, promise me you’re not going to embarrass your dad.' ”
By looking at the tweets, you can tell they are just having some fun with it and I don't think dad has too much to be worried about.