Gordon Brown was hoping for a bit of magic dust to be sprinkled on him when Barack Obama came over, but sadly it was not to be...
He may have left these shores but you can stay in touch with the presidential hopeful on Twitter. This underlines just how smart Obama's marketing team is in terms of using social media to connect with audiences and to get them to participate in his presidential bid. Gordon Brown twitters too but not with the same results. I wonder why?
http://twitter.com/barackobama
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