Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ask the president anything
Posted by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:38 AM
In his ongoing effort to reach out to the American people and let them know he's concerned about their issues and paying attention, President Obama opened WhiteHouse.gov for questions. People could vote on the questions they want answered until 9:30 a.m. today. The online townhall meeting, where the president will answer the most popular questions, will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Tens of thousands of people have submitted questions they hope to ask President Obama today at his first online town hall meeting.Shortly after "Open for Questions," was announced early Tuesday evening -- hours after this column gave WhiteHouse.gov a C+ as its first monthly grade -- thousands headed to the site to post questions and vote the submitted questions up or down.
Some 41,300 users had submitted 42,000 questions and cast 1.5 million votes by around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Less than 12 hours later, the numbers nearly doubled, with almost 70,000 people submitting 71,000 questions and casting 2.7 million votes.
The online session will begin at 11:30 a.m. and last at least one hour.
Read the rest of this Washington Post blog post here.
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