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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 ...
Obama's Ongoing Virtual Town Hall
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"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 of friendly ...
