Here at VoterWatch, we are excited to take note of Current and Twitter’s unique partnership. While you’re definitely going to want to stay tuned to BloggingTheDebates.com in the days following each debate for expert commentary from Dick Morris, Cynthia McKinney and many others (presented in the VoterWatch media player), you might also want to take part in what Current and Twitter are planning during each debate. As per Current’s site:
Current & Twitter have teamed up for the very first time to integrate real-time Twitter messages (aka “tweets”) over major portions of a live television broadcast.
Hack the debate by adding your Twitter posts to our live broadcast of the 2008 Presidential Debates.
We will broadcast as many of your debate tweets as possible right over Obama & McCain, in real time, on our live broadcast.
Check out the details…also, we’ve partnered with Current to air a recap of the Current/Twitter debate footage (complete with Tweets) following each debate! Stay tuned for more on this.
Call it political posturing or call it country first, but John McCain’s call to postpone this Friday’s presidential debate is definitely newsworthy. CNN reports McCain’s words as follows:
Of course, this would postpone many of the excellent new media projects that are going on surrounding the debates. Either way, we’ll be adjusting our schedule to reflect the candidates’ decisions (so stay tuned). No matter where you stand on McCain’s proclamation, one thing is for certain: this electoral season keeps throwing curve balls at the American electorate!
Things have really changed, haven’t they? In a very short time, the opportunity for political engagement has grown exponentially. From the limited ability to merely watch televised debates years ago to the evolution of prime access to technologically-induced discussions using various forms of social media, the landscape continues to morph. The 2008 Presidential Debates Project signifies this important shift in access and ideology.
VoterWatch is excited to announce our 2008 Presidential Debates Project - an initiative intended to aggregate multiple perspectives and ideologies, while working to engage the American electorate. This project is unique in that it brings together individuals and institutions from a wide range of political inclinations. How will it work, you ask? Using the VoterWatch media player, some of the political sector’s best and brightest individuals and non-profit organizations will comment and blog within footage of the U.S. presidential debates (yes, we said within). For more information on the how this works be sure to visit our web site.
On September 26th (the date of the first presidential debate between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain) and on the days following, Dick Morris, Cynthia McKinney and many others will be joining VoterWatch in providing their commentary and perspective surrounding the debates. Be sure to stay tuned over the next week as we roll out more information on this important initiative!
