So much cooler online

By Jennifer J. Foster

Published: March 26, 2009

President Obama will hold a town hall meeting today, but it’s unlike any other he’s done before.

This one’s online.

Obama is continuing his efforts to reach out to voters directly, without the “filter” of mainstream media.

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Anyway, Obama will make his pitch to Americans, urging them to get behind his gargantuan budget. He needs to build support for this, his first major domestic policy effort, because all his other domestic policy efforts seem wrapped up in it: In addition to economic recovery, the president wants to spend—er, invest huge amounts of money in infrastructure, alternative energy development and health care reform.

This town hall follows on the heels of an op-ed Obama wrote to THE WORLD earlier this week.

If you’re interested, check out the event here. It starts in about five minutes.

Let’s see whether President Obama’s hard sell on the budget is so much cooler online.