Join the (public, collaborative) Debate About Obama's VP Choice
By Dave Witzel, 06/10/2008 - 2:54pm

Micah added to speculation that, should he be elected, Obama might be our first genuinely "networked" President. David Weinberger called for a demonstration of the concept by "opening up the vice presidential selection process". Debategraph has provided a platform for this public discussion with a new debate-management tool. You can see the current structure of the discussion below and contribute.

David Price, co-founder of Debategraph, will be taking questions live and online tomorrow (9:30am EDT) about the VP discussion, the Debategraph platform, and the future of public deliberation around complex issues.

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