Tech makes this the year of the youth vote, NextGov.

McCain's campaign did not respond to an interview request, and the Republican National Committee simply provided a list of websites that it believes illustrate its youth outreach, including MyGOP.com, the RNC's social network, which allows users to create an account to learn about volunteer opportunities. The site, which went live in January, is the party's answer to MyBarackObama.com.

But some Republicans have quietly expressed concern that the Left is innovating faster than the Right -- producing a gap that could prove costly now and in future elections. Obama, they say, hasn't just created a social-networking chat frenzy. He has built a database of e-mail addresses and cellphone numbers that could help his party keep younger voters in the Democratic fold for years to come.