US Presidential Candidates Debate on Twitter

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Well it SAYS it is an Obama/ McCain Twitter Debate, however, it is really some of their advisors. However, there is a “twitter” debate between the two candidates nonetheless.

How does it work?

How to play along:

1) You can “follow” all three particpants via Twitter:

Ana Marie Cox – moderator from Personal Democracy Forum
Mike Nelson, who's advising the Obama campaign on tech issue
Liz Mair, online communcations director for the Republican National Committee

2) Or you can search for their Tweets on Summize, using the “#pdfdebate” tag as a search term. (See Twitterfan wiki on how hashtags work — this means you don't have to be on twitter to follow it.)

3) Third option: A “Tweetboard” which lays out all of the players, side-by-side. (They listed this third option — how to do this — I have no clue – there is no link.)

I wish the candidates themselves were answering the questions, but then again, I'm not sure that they ever really do anyway.

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