If you haven't yet participated in the 10Questions citizen-driven debate/forum, today is your last day to make your vote count.
Over the past month, there have been about 92,000 votes on the nearly 190 video questions submitted from more than 25,000 individual voters.
Both Ron Paul and John Edwards have agreed to answer the top 10 questions selected by the community.
I hope you'll visit 10Questions.com and participate today.
The New York Times editorial board has posted a blog entry noting their participation in the upcoming debate, 10Questions.com, which TechRepublican proudly supports.
The nuts of their post:
The Times Editorial Board is collaborating with TechPresident on this project; we will help them get word out about it and also help to deliver the final questions to the candidates. MSNBC is also participating, and a host of blogs from across the political spectrum are cosponsors. We decided to get involved with 10 Questions because we have high hopes that it will help us learn something new about the current roster of presidential hopefuls and enliven a political process that is in desperate need of enlivening.
As of this posting, there are 57 video questions on subjects like national security strategy, transparency in government, whether or not to ban cartoon images of Native Americans. They have been uploaded by citizens of states like California, Nevada, Florida, New York, and Texas who have shot their videos from their living rooms, backyards and the beach. One questioner features his cat within the frame along side his talking head (at least the cat is cute).
Although we may be amused, intrigued, and even moved by these videos, their value is not up to us to decide. It is up to you. The video below is currently in first place. There are 22 days left to vote it up or down, explore the others and even tape and upload your own question.
The top 10 questions will be delivered to the candidates on Nov. 17, and they will have until the end of the year to post their answers. Learn more at 10Questions.com.
Make sure you head over to 10Questions.com and submit a question. After all, if Republicans are going to be asked to answer these questions, it's only appropriate that Republicans participate in the entire process.
And yes, I will be submitting a question.
The first people-powered debate hub has launched. It's called 10Questions.com.
The platform embraces technology to give you and me, citizens, the opportunity to submit a question to all Presidential candidates (Red and Blue) using any video distribution method we choose (e.g., YouTube, MySpace video, blip.tv, etc.).
Here's a familiar face to help explain the site:
Need more? From the About section:
Unlike television debates, the 10Questions Presidential Forum makes full use of the web's potential to expand participation in politics. Everyone has an opportunity to ask a question, and to rally support for their question being in the top ten. The candidates have plenty of time to formulate their answers, and can post in-depth replies. Finally, the community will be able to grade the candidates' answers. With large numbers of people participating, the candidates will have an incentive to pay attention. Who knows, maybe we'll even change the course of the election!
The 10Questions Presidential Forum is being produced by techPresident in cooperation with The New York Times editorial board, with support from MSNBC.com and sponsorship from a large, cross-partisan group of bloggers, online media and organizations.
TechRepublican, along with many other conservative outlets is sponsoring this effort. It is our hope that you will participate in this forum by making a video question, participating in the voting process, and then following up to tell us if you think the Presidential candidates answered the questions.
This is going to be neat.
