Just When You Thought You Saw the Last Debate: MTV/MySpace
So you thought that the primary debates schedule ended in January? MTV/MySpace begs to differ and invites you to join Obama, Clinton, and others in their "Closing Arguments" event tomorrow (Saturday) at 6pm ET:
Three days before Super Tuesday, when 23 states hold their presidential-nomination primaries or caucuses, MTV and MySpace will host some of the remaining Democratic and Republican candidates in a "Super" edition of the ongoing MTV/MySpace Presidential Dialogue series.
At 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, "Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue" will be broadcast live from the MTV studios in New York. Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the two Democratic front-runners, and former Governor Mike Huckabee and Congressman Ron Paul, two of the four remaining Republican candidates, have already been confirmed for the forum, the latest in a collaborative series between MTV and MySpace that has so far hosted events with Senators John McCain and Obama, as well as former Senator John Edwards.
I watched and blogged the event they held with McCain as the candidate and it was quite good. Why not tune in or catch it on line (they have lots of cool stuff on-line including instant polling answer by answer)?
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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.
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