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Obama Takes Questions From His Tweeps

 

Doug Mills/The New York TimesPresident Obama responded to questions posted on Twitter during a town hall forum, with Jack Dorsey, a Twitter executive, moderating.

President Obama has begun taking questions from his Tweeps.
For the first time, Twitter users are getting the chance to use their 140-character musings to direct questions at the leader of the free world.
As if to show how it’s done, Mr. Obama started the questioning himself, standing behind a laptop and typing in his own query:

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But if Mr. Obama thought he’d get a free ride with easy-going questions, he was sorely mistaken.
The first question was whether he should have done anything differently to help the economy. Mr. Obama offered two suggestions: to better explain to the public about how long it would take for the economy to improve; and to do more to deal with the housing market.
Before the event started, Republicans in Washington seized the opportunity to flood Twitter with their own politically tinged questions, using the social network to push their critique of Mr. Obama’s handling of the economy, one blurb at a time.More...