When it comes to how we interview potential candidates for the job of President of the United States, it’s time to try something new: a truly people-powered forum that makes the most of what the internet has to offer.

Old-fashioned televised debates have their value, but TV has several inherent limits. Only a few people get to ask questions. The candidates have very little time to answer, forcing them to speak in canned sound-bites. And the audience has no way of providing meaningful feedback. If the candidate doesn’t answer the question, we have no way of pushing them to do so.

That’s why we’ve created 10Questions.com. This is an experiment in people-powered online democracy.

If this new forum is a success, i.e. they recieve commitments from Presidential candidates to respond to questions, I will continually update with new user questions for you to vote on.

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Election 2008