I thought the Clinton town hall was pretty cool -- and pretty significant.

Not because it was interactive-to-the-max (more on that below). Not because it was a great issues discussion for anyone who has been following the race closely (though its target audience are voters who have not been following the race closely). Not because Hillary is a great tech candidate, or will be a great tech president (though her gov Blogs proposal is the most interesting tech policy proposal to date). In fact, not because of Hillary at all (though she did well, though I’m sure Obama would have done better in that type of forum). Nor even because it was a great technological leap forward (Bill Clinton did the first electronic town hall in 92 - more later).

Hillary’s town hall was significant for more prosaic reasons: It took candidate electronic town halls - and TV/Web simulcasts - mainstream.