Wednesday night during his State of the Union address, President Obama made it clear that he would focus much effort on openly communicating with both parties about future legislation, in an attempt to create a successful bipartisanship. However, he has even taken this one step further, but pledging to openly communicate with the public. Just another speech? No. He will be answering various questions posted on YouTube by interested citizens, part of a new project called Citizen Tube. He will gives his answers to various public questions on Monday. Some of the questions are about the normal stuff, regarding health care and the economy. However, the most popular questions among the videos are those addressing the legalization of marijuana, interestingly enough. There also also some random questions covering everything from UFOs to Scientology. Recently, regarding the most popular topic, President Obama said that legalization would probably not be the best idea, and also said that he was a little confused about the type of audience fore his YouTube questioning. So will Citizen Tube actually come across as a success? It really depends on the types of questions Obama chooses to answer. It seems that the main thing Obama can accomplish through this action is popular support. If the president shows that he is willing to support the common man and woman, the common man and woman will be more willing to support the President. Other than a slight gain in trust within the American People, it doesn't seem like many new, revealing truths will come out of this Citizen Tube effort. The link to the article is here.
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