As we go into yet another night of compulsive browser refreshes to find out tonight’s primary results, the flap over Barack Obama’s alleged plagiarism of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s words is continuing to escalate, with a hit YouTube video to boot.

Deval Patrick, the new governor of Massachusetts, has rolled his old campaign web site into a new site that opens the door to citizens who want to directly propose and discuss important issues, and for the Governor himself to get into the fray. In doing so, he is going where no top elected official in America has ever gone before -- into a real online dialogue with constituents about the decisions that affect their lives. Here's hoping the presidential candidates take notice.