Check out Perspctv:

An exploration of internet activity in reference to mainstream media. Gain a unique Perspctv on the US Presidential Elections.

This project presents different perspectives in our world, including that of Mainstream media and user-generated content on the Internet. Explore the similarities and the disparities, hear the many voices that have emerged and choose which view, if any, makes the most sense to you. What we think vs. what they say we think -- All the chatter on the Internet, all the traditional news media coverage, and all the pollsters -- Perspctv brings it all together in a simple and elegant manner -- and gives a unique "dashboard" picture of the elections at any one given moment in time, totally un-biased.

Where is Michelle Obama?

It's hard to find a high quality combination of both good audio and video of Michelle Obama's DNC speech.

In the end, Google video had the best experience with good audio and user control. It was a better experience than watching on the C-Span site, where the video comes from. Ironic. The DNC site had great video but poor audio. The YouTube version, on the Obama '08 page, edited the introduction.

My twitter feed is going crazy with people vying for my attention.

I'll be covering the primary on 2/5, in Boston using a Nokia N95-3 cellphone to stream live over the AT&T 3G network using Qik, Mogulus and Seesmic. I had an amazing time broadcasting by wandering around up in New Hampshire. Looking forward to Tuesday.

Bill Maher: Can you give me a good reason why in a free and fair society marijuana should be illegal?

Chris Dodd: And again, and ah the overall of general of allowing ah the the decriminalization I strongly advocate as well.

You can mashup the Democratic Debate over on Yahoo!'s Jumpcut site.

The first CNN - YouTube debate is happening on July 23rd in Charleston, South Carolina with the Democratic candidates. Citizens have been able to upload video questions to YouTube since June 14.

So far there are only 244 videos.

Why is that?

One thing that interests me is the fact that the only way to go watch the videos is to click on the Submit Your Question button on the YouTube Presidential Debates page.

Once there, you are presented with an interface that is crippled.

You'll notice that there is no place to leave comments and no rating system is visible.

Jim Long, NBC News videographer, writes on his blog that NBC News and The National Journal/The Hotline are going to embed journalists in the campaigns of Presidential candidates.

Embedded With the Candidates, NBC News Videoblogging the Campaign.

Long sees this as an opportunity for videobloggers to get close the candidates and show us what they're like up close and personal.

At the Personal Democracy Forum I did some hallway walking, and captured some fleeting moments in video.

John Edwards just sent me an email that prompted me to act.

The email asked me to contribute money to help him put an ad, about ending the war, on TV in Washington. I didn't do that.

It also asked me to create a video. That I did.

Andy Carvin writes from the NPR annual membership meeting:

...yesterday afternoon I got to facilitate a group discussion on how public broadcasting should use social media tools to engage the public during the 2008 election cycle... No matter what we do, we need to remember the election is about all of us, so all of us should have an opportunity to participate in public debate. An informed citizenry isn't achieved through lecturing to them, or only giving them a choice of partisan talking heads as the sole perspectives on a given issue . It's achieved by creating an ongoing, thoughtful conversation not beholden to soundbytes. To paraphrase Dan Gillmor, the public knows more about what's at stake than any single institution within public broadcasting ever could, and we need their help to make this conversation happen.

Andy provides examples of some projects that he thinks could take place during the election cycle and concludes with this:

Again, time is running out, and the stakes are high. This is an opportunity to public broadcasting to shine. We can't do it on our own, and we can't do it without public involvement. It's their civic duty, but it's ours as well. It's about all of us. Public broadcasters, community partners and the public working together. Our voice, our vote.

Good stuff.