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Open for Questions: A Republican Opportunity
The long awaited MyBO and Change.gov mojo is back on WhiteHouse.gov. Tomorrow, President Obama will be responding to questions posed through the latest iteration of Open for Questions , a community-moderated style townhall. With a little organizing, this is an opportunity for Republicans to ...
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Open for Questions: President Obama to Answer Your Questions on Thursday
Open for Questions: President Obama to Answer Your Questions on Thursday
whitehouse.gov — Today, the President invited everyone to use a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov to ask a question about... the economy and rate other questions up or down. He'll answer some of the most popular questions at a special online town hall on the economy this ... (more) Open for Questions: President Obama to Answer Your ...
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Getting Our "Open for Questions" Legs: Making Sense of the WhiteHouse.gov Experiment
techPresident — Teaser:  Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the White House new media team is emerging triumphant from...Lemme try again. Like General George Washington's revolutionary soldiers, counted out after their rations dwindled and they couldn't get their email working...Nevermind. The ...

More town halls
Ben Smith's Blog — Macon Phillips says he's "elated" by how the online town hall went, which suggests there will be more. And/but, as they say, Patrick Ruffini points out that Open for Questions could become a great opposition tool.

Ari Melber: President Obama's Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — "We're actually going to have some live stuff," explained President Obama, "instead of some virtual stuff." On that plucky note, Obama essentially ended the first open, democratically operated virtual town hall in White House history, turning his attention to a small crowd assembled in the East Room. Thursday's town hall drew swift and divergent reactions, but few observers noted how the gathering actually contained two completely distinct events. The "live stuff," to use the President's taxonomy, was an entirely routine presidential meet-and-greet with supporters. Five questions were chosen randomly, but they were all drawn from a screened pool ...

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