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CNN TV Pundit uses Twitter

robertjmiller — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:31:48 -0400

Also, I performed an in depth analysis of the voting records of Joseph Biden, John McCain, and Barack Obama over the last two years. I thought you might like to read it.

Yes we can, yes they can

Micah L. Sifry — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:56:53 -0400

AndyCarvin and sull:
It's Twitter, so anyone can join in. If you want to post a question to the candidates' representatives, you can use the #pdfdebate tag. I'm sure Ana will be looking at what bubbles up. And if one of the third-party candidates wants to chime in with their answers, they can do that too by using the #pdfbeta tag. Who's stopping them? Not us. Just use common sense, folks, and don't spam the participants.
Micah

Why No 3rd Party?

sull — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:53:54 -0400

I am interested to know why this is not extended to Ralph Nader or other 3rd party candidates?

Great idea!

LeighAnn — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:44:57 -0400

I love this idea. I think answers should be limited to 140 characters with no links and no follow-ups. Ha!

Ditto the hope that it'll lead to a candidate twebate.

Looking forward to it ...

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true representation?

senatorgrant — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:30:43 -0400

love the idea. unclear as to whether liza mair will be actively working with mccain to craft answers together, or if mike nelson will be doing the same with obama.

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user interaction?

andycarvin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:40:22 -0400

Will Ana Marie actively solicit questions from Twitter users? Can we pose questions by including the @pdfdebate hashtag? It certainly would be easy enough to follow proposed questions via hashtags.org, summize.com, etc. That certainly would make it a lot more interesting, not to mention authentic to the Twitter experience.

It should be interesting

ari — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:20:00 -0400

And hopefully it will lead to a twitter debate between the candidates (or at least inspire them to use twitter more often and better).

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BREAKING: PdF2008 Hosts Obama-McCain Twitter Debate

Micah L. Sifry — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:44:05 -0400

We're pleased to announce a first for the Internet Election of 2008: Starting tonight, a designated representative of both of the major presidential campaigns are going to participate in a free-wheeling debate on technology and government, moderated by Time magazine blogger Ana Marie Cox and channeled via Twitter.

The McCain campaign will be represented by Liz Mair, the online communications director of the Republican National Committee. The Obama campaign will be represented by Mike Nelson, a professor at Georgetown University who served in the Clinton White House under Vice President Gore on tech policy issues.

The debate is an initiative of Personal Democracy Forum and is being launched in tandem with next week's annual PdF conference, which is taking place Monday and Tuesday at Rose Hall in NYC.