Everyone has their qualms or outright bad things to say about the CNN/YouTube Deabte, but despite the flaws the format of having citizens interact directly with presidential candidates is an amazing advancement for democracy.

Now, we learn that of the three general election debates, at least one will include questions from the people:

The second departure from past CPD formats will be the introduction of internet access to the presidential town meeting debate. Questions solicited by Internet will be included with those from citizens on the stage with the candidates.

Yes, that’s right - the commission that puts together all the plans for the general election debates has recognized the extraordinary popularity (4.5 million viewers for the GOP YouTube debate, 5,000 questions asked), and has included questions submitted over the internet in the plans for the town hall debate.

We advance towards the future…

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