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A user named "Am" from Chicago asked under "Education": ""For students graduating from college and graduate school, many of us have obscene amounts of debt. But economic woes also permeate those questions. Under the topic "Financial Stability," for example, a user named Anthony from Warrington, Pa., asked: "Would you support the bill currently going through the California legislation to legalize and tax marijuana, boosting the economy and reducing drug cartel related violence?" It's highly unlikely that Bernstein would post such a question to Obama.īernstein is probably more likely to select top vote-getters from the "Education," "Health Care Reform" and "Green Jobs and Energy" topics. Instead, some questioners found ways to link that topic to the issue of legalization of marijuana. today were "Jobs," "Budget," and "Financial Stability."īut proving the unmistakable draw (and sheer organization) of "Mary Jane" activists, and the free-for-all nature of this enterprise, the top vote-getters aren't strictly about the ongoing economic crisis. Of the 11 specific topics about which users can post questions, the most popular as of 6 a.m. Bernstein serves as chief economic advisor to Vice President Biden.Īnd judging by the online tally, it's clear that the economy is on everyone's mind.
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Jared Bernstein, who's written on 's blog, has been tasked to "facilitate" the town hall, posing selected questions and even video queries to Obama. The actual online session will begin at 11:30 a.m. When voting closed at 9:30 a.m., about 93,000 people had submitted a total of 104,000 questions, and cast 3.6 million votes about which of those questions should be asked. Some 41,300 users had submitted 42,000 questions and cast 1.5 million votes by around 7:30 p.m. Shortly after "Open for Questions," was announced early Tuesday evening - hours after this column gave a C+ as its first monthly grade - thousands headed to the site to post questions and vote the submitted questions up or down. Tens of thousands of people have submitted questions they hope to ask President Obama today at his first online town hall meeting. The Clickocracy Questions Pour in for Obama's Online Chat