Presidential weekly Youtube address?

I think it's a great idea for people like me who are at work during the day and can't necessarily listen to a radio address. I would love to be able to watch the entire thing instead of relying on the evening news.

The great thing is being on youtube, people will be able to respond, give rebuttle and such, though my rebuttle's would probably brand me an "insurectionist". I doubt he wll read the comments or anything though. It seemed a natural preogression of things, he conducted a great deal of his campaign on the internet,cell phones, pagers and other technology. this is the future of things I guess.

I think it is a good idea. Maybe more people will listen and pay attention to what the government is or is not doing.

Didn't the Queen of England do something like that last year? Anyhow, it's a good way to reach the masses as they can listen to it at their convenience. He has made use of modern communication technology during his campaign, might as well utilize it during his term in the White House.

I think it's a great idea. I like the thought of being able to see facial expressions, and besides isn't those radio addresses of the president on AM radio? I don't do AM.

Shades of FDR and his Fireside Chats. I love the idea. Using Youtube makes use of an established medium of distribution channels, and it goes far beyond Youtube itself. I suspect that dozens of political blogs will pick up the addresses and embed them, giving them more exposure. The interactive features of Youtube make it very easy for people to comment on the addresses, and as I noted above, I'd bet just about anything that he'll have staffers monitoring the youtube channels for feedback, as well as to see where they're being distributed. It's also not an entirely new thing - there are a number of congress reps who use tools like Twitter to keep constituents updated on their doings. Back in August when the Republican members of Congress staged a protest by refusing to leave the floor after the session was adjourned, I followed what was going on via Twitter feeds from various House members, and John Culberson uses Qik to do periodic Q&A sessions with constituents.

I think it's a fantastic idea and it will get even kids not old enough to vote to pay attention, I'll bet. I've never gotten to to hear a Presidential radio address in its entirety because I've never had access to the station it's on at the time it's been on. All I've heard is the little blurbs they play on TV which doesn't always give you the whole picture, just like another poster said about the candidates' stump speeches. Annie