[1]I am THRILLED! to announce that The New Homemaker is co-sponsoring an important effort to engage the public in the political process: 10Questions.com [2].

Supported by the New York Times editorial board, MSNBC.com and a multi-partisan group of blogs, 10Questions.com is doing what the CNN/YouTube debate should have done. Not only are the public submitting video questions for candidates of both parties, but the public is voting on which questions get asked. In the CNN version, CNN chose the questions--which is how we ended up with a snowman asking a question in a presidential debate. *rolling eyes*

It's also against the spirit of what video sharing communities are about. At YouTube and other video sites, the users vote videos up or down, deciding on a video's popularity themselves rather than depending on a gatekeeper.

I HIGHLY encourage you to submit questions, and/or vote on which questions should be asked of the candidates. Remember, these questions are going to be asked of both Republican and Democratic candidates. You'll find a banner at the top of our home page for the next 28 days and at the bottom you'll see the current top video. Check in to 10Questions.com [3] often to see what your fellow citizens are thinking.

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