Open for Questions

President Obama's Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall

Ari Melber | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Ari Melber

Yesterday's virtual town hall was not about reporters versus citizens, or hardballs versus softballs, or real versus virtual. It was about opening up government to the people.

President Obama: What Is So Funny About Taxing And Regulating Marijuana?

Paul Armentano | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Paul Armentano

America's stringent enforcement of pot prohibition, which artificially inflates black market pot prices and ensures that only criminal enterprises will be involved in the production and sale of this commodity, is helping to fuel violence. Wow, funny stuff!

Obama Holds Online Town Hall (VIDEO)

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama seized the bully pulpit Thursday and reprised the best of his acclaimed campaign skills in an unprecedented Intern...

Question For Obama: How About A Science-Based Drug Policy?

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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POTUS' Twitter Feed Reactivated

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

The Barack Obama Twitter feed just posted a link to the WhiteHouse.gov online townhall forum, planned for Thursday.

Sam Stein

Obama Leaves Door Open To Investigating Bush, But Wants To "Look Forward"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics


Responding to the most popular inquiry on the "Open for Questions" feature of his website, Barack Obama said on Sunday that he is "evaluating" whether...

Sam Stein

Obama Releases Latest Transparency Tool

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics


The Obama transition rolled out a new version of one of its transparency tools on Monday: an updated website that allows interested observers to more ...

Obama "Open To Questions" From Public

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


This is pretty interesting: An Obama aide points out to us that the Obama transition team has just rolled out an innovative new feature on its Web sit...