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Interesting, I've already

der74hva3 — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:06:32 -0400

Interesting, I've already seen this in some forum. If I find the link, i'll put it here.

Interesting, I've already

der74hva3 — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:05:21 -0400

Interesting, I've already seen this in some forum. If I find the link, i'll put it here.

wou

der74hva3 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:28:58 -0500

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Well done

bhoconnor — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:58:58 -0500

I think this was a wonderful format, and entirely agree that it should be taken as a "precedent-setting" approach to things.

I'd just suggest a way to somehow make it work like a poll works, in terms of random samples of people who are asked to answer each question for each candidate. Otherwise you get people/supporters raiding the votes. Perhaps you could even have a "general public" vote, that wouldn't be done by the random sample, and then a more deliberate, controlled group of randomly selected people who would commit to answering some number of questions. The questions and answers take a little bit, so, with some effort, it seems it could be set up where a large randomly selected group of people are asked to participate and take 7-10 minutes to listen to one question and one answer by one candidate (any more than that and you'd have to likely pay people to ensure they are listening to full questions and answers, but for this i bet people'd be willing to actually listen to a full question and answer on a whole). So, that is, the randomly selected group could be split up so everyone just had one question and answer to listen to and vote on; you'd just have to make sure you had a big enough group. I think that could legitimize this as a trustworthy poll, build up a lot of hype, and at the same time keep the public involved by allowing them to submit questions and vote. Thoughts?

They have all had since

Jodale — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:14:12 -0500

They have all had since November 17th to answer and have chosen not to. Mike Huckabee taped his answers after an MSNBC interview and was not prepared ahead of time for it but did it anyways. The others had an opportunity to watch the questions and carefully articulate an answer with the help of expensive consultants. Some still didn't take the opportunity even with that advantage. What does that say for the other candidates and their inability to be candid with the American voters?

Deadline?

Robin Hood — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:31:49 -0500

Why have a deadline at all? I want to see as many responses as possible, and would hate to think that a greater diversity of voices might be prevented by a few overbooked days on a campaign. Though, admittedly, videotaping 10 minute long responses should not take eons.

Why?

Kristen — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:32:40 -0500

Why does minister automatically mean conservative, and vice versa? I know quite a few liberal ministers, and I also know quite a few conservative atheists.

I agree that Huckabee is not a true conservative, but neither are the vast majority of republicans, and it has nothing to do with religion.

(I'm the daughter of a former pastor, and all of my family except for one cousin are either Democrats or apathetic liberals.)

Questions Lacking Organized Support

alcannistraro — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:18:34 -0500

What feels fair to me is that questions that have been supported by support-this video campaigns should compete only against each other, and that questions that remaimed "independent" should likewise compete only against each other (5 or 10 winners in each category). Otherwise, it would seem futile to submit a question without the backing of some organization, website, etc.

Glad to read this information

edw987 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:44:41 -0500

I was glad to get this information, the thing at salon:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/13/huckabee/index.html
is chilling when to think he's running for president. A Huckster, this other guy from Hope Arkansas.

Mike Huckabee

LibertarianVoice — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:43:24 -0500

Mike Huckabee is a joke. He is not a real conservative. While he may be a minister, he is not a true conservative.

America needs a strong Libertarian Voice such as Daniel Imperato to lead this country. He is the real deal for conservative Christian Leadership in America.

Everyone should go to his website www.imperato2008.com

Suggestion

Mike Pryslak — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:04:18 -0500

Thanks to Lunch4lyfe for giving up his second question to allow another question to make the top ten. My suggestion is to clearly let the participating candidates know that they are allowed and encouraged to answer more than just the top ten questions. Maybe that will take some extra programming on the site, but there are some wonderful questions that didn't make the top ten and there should be a way candidates can answer them, too. I suspect Governor Huckabee already answered another question, but because it didn't make the top ten it has somehow been set aside. Perhaps simply showing that 11th question and Governor Huckabee's answer would set the tone to encourage more candidate answers.

Fair and balanced.......

Jodale — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:12:40 -0500

Winghunter,

I got banned from the RedState site for doing exactly what you have done above, except I posted links about Romney and his "Flip Flopping", among other things instead of Huckabee. Point is, you can post links to bad stuff on every single candidate running for President. Most of this junk is only half-truths at best and out-right lies at worst but all of it is garbage. You should be ashamed of yourself for being so narrow minded and even worse, pushing your misguided garbage on everyone else.

Huckabee Questions

Winghunter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:30:57 -0500

I've got some information to share and there are indeed quite a few questions that can certainly be generated from them...like enough to end his run;

The Dark Side of Mike Huckabee
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/13/huckabee/index.html

Poppycock!
http://www.clubforgrowth.net/

Web special: Dumond case revisited - A reminder of Huckabee's role in his freedom
http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx ArticleID=154e1aad-fd18-4efd-8d80-b5dab8559419

A Tale of Two Candidates
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12205

Huckabee goofs may not bode well for '08
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15853756/

Fox News: Huckabee misled us about tax speech
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/14/fox-news-huckabee-misled-us-about-...

What's Not To Like About Mike
http://thefrederation.townhall.com/g/0724042c-a1a3-4750-838d-d4e5528764a...

More Not To Like About Mike
http://thefrederation.townhall.com/g/9bad9486-a4c1-4fae-b577-f79969f377f...

WSJ: Another Man From Hope
http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110010782

From Council of Conservative Citizens: Huckster on Illegal Aliens
http://cofcc.org/?page_id=756

While Gov. of Arkansas, Huckabee was AGAINST proving citizenship in
order to register to vote. He called those who were in favor of this "racists"...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050218/news_lz1e18perkins.html

Threatened to sue the federal government over the "REAL ID" act...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-10-id-rules_x.htm

"Pretty soon, Southern white guys like me may be in the minority,"
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/06/30/News/323746.html

Huckabee calls anyone who objects to the Dream Act a "racist"...
http://vdare.com/bevens/050205_huckabee.htm

Mexican consulate deal dogs Huckabee campaign
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58430

Huckabee defends societal cost of illegal aliens
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2004/07/07/News/252305.html

Immigration bill un-Christian, anti-life, governor says
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/01/28/News/316347.html

Huckabee Supports Instate Tuition and Scholarships For Illegal Aliens
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/03/11/News/318458.html

Huckabee aid plan for illegal aliens draws 'venom, anger'
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/01/17/News/315406.html

Huckabee's Misguided "Compassion"
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=AFA09DDD-3E13-41CC-ACA3-...

American Spectator: A Tale of Two Candidates
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12205

Club For Growth Full Report
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.php

Tax Hike Mike
http://www.taxhikemike.org/

ARRA Delegate Straw Poll
http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2007/07/fred-thompson-wins-arkansas-...

Freedom Works Video
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/?p=933

Freedom Works "Tax and Spend"
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/?p=942

CATO
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa581.pdf

Gasoline and diesel tax bill:
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/1999/scripts/ablr/bills/bills.asp?billno=H...

Bond issue bill:
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/1999/scripts/ablr/bills/bills.asp?billno=H...

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

justin@justinhamilton.org — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:36:21 -0500

Ruffini didn't break the rules, but he did artfully game the system. While his ebay parallel is apt, there was also another opportunity to game the system a bit on the front end.

TechPresident contributor Ruby Sinrich's question on transparency (a feel good question, that is not at all partisan) was the first question added to the site. Over the first couple of days, as the buzz around the effort built, her question was the only one posted with which few could disagree, automatically delivering her over 1,000 positive votes in the first week.

In fact there was a period when her video was the only one with positive votes, and any unvoted video uploaded to the system automatically had the number 2 spot. Eventually Ruby's questions was pushed down a few spots but she still made the top 10.

You cannot discount the advantage of having video's placed in order of the number votes they garnered (unequal footing in the marketplace), because many people won't move past the first page.

While market forces are an outstanding way to aggregate crowd opinions, you need to have the same types of protections built in that the actual stock market does.

The suggestion that submissions be cut off prior to ending the voting is a smart one, though I would say you need at least a week or two. A day is not enough.

Placement on the front page (above the scroll point), should be randomized by default with the option to view videos by date, topic, votes, etc.

There should be an “overlooked” section just like the one Colaruso implemented in the original communitycounts.us effort.

10Questions wasn’t perfect. But as far as opening up the presidential debates process to the public, 10Questions is in a league of its own.

And with a few tweaks, it could be even better the next time around

-Justin

My Response to Micah

AdrianHaynes — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:06:20 -0500

Micah Sifry,

Thanks for your prompt response. I understand your side of the argument, however I would encourage you to change policy. I disagree with the other lobby efforts being similar, as there was a clear operation to undermine the system (admitted to by Patrick himself). Also, Patrick's voting assault started 6 hours before the polls were closed. All the other videos had been on the front page for weeks, which gave an adequate time for anti-lobby attempts to be organized. In 6 hours of voting his question received nearly 200 negative votes - while the previous 10 spot question received only 700 after being on the front page for over a week (300 of which likely came from Patrick's crowd as when i checked on the 14th, it was only at 400 negative votes).

If this particular case is allowed, it will be attempted again in the future, and if nothing is changed, successfully. The quality of the questions will suffer greatly, and the questions asked will voted on solely lobby efforts, with the weight of the content of the question being tossed out. Its wishful thinking that in a country with such a lousy voter turn out, that a community can develop that will have the time to be watch dogs on 10questions (i personally think that the near 200 voted down on Patrick's question was admirable vigilance of the community, considering the response time available).

So here are some suggestions to protect the quality of questions in the future.

1) Show more videos on the front page - the top 20 - only having 2 questions not in the top 10 shown gives less exposer time to last minute lobbies.

2) Have a cut off - 2 days before voting ends, limit the voting to the top 20 videos - or subject videos that moved into the top 10 in the final few days to an extra week of voting.

3) LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ON THIS! If the people want stricter rules to protect against last minute lobbies, let them have it - if they don't - keep it as is.