It’s About Time: Join me in demanding Question Time
Last week President Obama engaged the House Republican Caucus in a 90 minute unscripted exchange, providing substantive insight into the normally obscure Washington policy debates.
This exchange offered the opportunity for the opposition party to meaningfully engage with President Obama–breaking down the political posturing and preaching that is a staple of political press conferences, speeches, and campaign events.
Prompted by this inspiring exchange, I am joining with an impressively diverse group of reporters, bloggers, and politicos to demand that the President and leaders of the Republican Party come together regularly to openly discuss the issues facing our country, in short to “make question time a regular feature of our democracy”. Other early endorsers include Grover Norquist, Eli Pariser, Mark McKinnon, Markos Moulitsas, and Ed Morrissey. And the steering committee is headed by Micah Sifry, David Corn, Mike Moffo, Mindy Finn, Jon Henke and Glenn Reynolds.
This is not a liberal or conservative effort to catch representatives or the President in gotcha moments. This is an effort to truly deepen the dialogue in our political process, to increase transparency, and promote collective action to address the problems facing our country.
Already, President Obama has accepted an invitation to speak to Senate Republicans, and is addressing Senate Democrats this morning in a format open to the press. It is my belief that the more open the political process, and the greater the access the public has to the political discourse, the better the political system will function.
If you believe in this effort, please join me in signing the petition to Demand Question Time.
Well gee dont discount any gotcha moments! Some of those guys need early retirement. Count me in.
I loved watching both of the QA’s. Insight that we the American people are not privy too, but if they make it a regular thing it will lose its luster very quick. Potus should keep this tool in the bag for when he needs it the most. Just like now.
I totally agree. See a previous article of mine on this subject here http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_steven_l_070624_it_is_time_for_presi.htm
As a journalist and frien, I’ve known Joe for better than 20 years and have watched him do political campaigns from the mayoral to the presidential level. He’s a professional. He usually (not always) gets pad for what he does. But when he says his’s driven by his passions, not his paycheck, trust me–he’s being real.
The Man are out hunting for that just right web site , and the Women are just fine camping out with just one web site that cares about them being there, Women also feel safer on facebook then on other web sites