This Presidential Debate Might Even Have Hyperlinks 34766

YouTube isn’t the only Web 2.0 outfit getting in on this exciting new thing called “politics.” The Washington Post’s Slate.com, The Huffington Post, and Yahoo and joining together for a Sept. 12 “cyber-faceoff.” Ahem. Essentially, the eight leading Democratic presidential candidates (Republicans are still iffy) are squaring off in what we gather to be an IRC-style, Charlie Rosie-hosted issue-fest. Or, more likely, they’ll be copy/pasting from their Microsoft Word talking point docs. [WaPo]