MTV/MySpace and McCain
I'm watching John McCain on the "MTV/MySpace Presidential Dialogue" live from the Southern New Hampshire University. I'm watching via TV, but the host billed it as the first and only that is live via the web, TV, and mobiles, in English and in Spanish. Viewers can participate in real time via instant messaging, too.
In addition to a host (John Norris), Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post moderates by keeping track of the live questions streaming in and keeping track of the instant feedback online polling as it updates during the debate. He also asks some follow up questions.
Viewers/listeners can vote on how well they think the candidate answered each question. They can pick one of four ratings (two positive and two negative) to each answer and the choices are contextualized to the question!
The questions and answers are as good as or better than any I have seen in any of the debates and forums.
McCain was announced as the first of the Republican candidates to participate. John Edwards and Barack Obama participated earlier.
There is not a schedule at the site listing when other candidates might participate.
