Cheryl Wilburn needs to get on a better email list.

In the run-up to the 2008 election, then-candidate Obama sent her emails all the time.  Granted, there was obviously a typo in the address and they came to me instead, but still, the effort was there.

The tone of the previous ones became more familiar, ending up with them addressing Cheryl by her first name.  But for some reason, during the past three years I can’t recall getting any emails directed to her.

That is, until last week.

The “Dear Cheryl” is gone, replaced simply by “Friend.”  I’m not sure if this is an upgrade.  Whatever the case, it’s clear that while Cheryl hasn’t been getting emails, she played an important role in the president’s re-election.

The latest email starts with, “I’ll be taking the oath of office again on January 21st because of people like you.”  It says she was a part of the last inauguration and he would like her to do the same this time around.

The note is signed simply, “Barack.”  Clearly Cheryl and the president are BFFs, and yet are tragically unable to connect through email.

I can’t help but picture Joe Biden firing up his Hotmail account, wondering who Cheryl Wilburn is and why she’s sending him messages addressed to Obama.  Then he shrugs, clicks over to the next tab to check on the indiegogo campaign to buy him a Trans Am.  “Niiiice,” he says.  “Niice.”