Adam wrote:
The questions got rated in the YouTube submissions (most popular question revolved around impeachment of the Bush Admin., but that didn't get asked), and, it seems to me the most democratic thing to do would have been pose the top 10 questions to the candidates, with the assumption that they're in the top because they're intelligent/well-thought out and represent the conscience of those who want to participate.

I was wondering whether the questions asked were decided by the audience, THAT would be more interesting in my mind, but you can't really have a direct democracy on the internet because everyone can vote as many times as they want. You need some sort of moderation/reputation system to decide whose votes are worth giving weight too. Right now the sort of communities that are sophisticated enough to offer that are few and far between. Slashdot does this kind of thing on a regular basis though...

RE: Interwebs and Politics?