In Episode 6, we covered Youtube’s increasing importance in the 2008 Election. Here is a great video from James Kotecki, who frequently comments on the topic, from CNN:

and a more recent, more in depth explanation, in regards to Rudy Giuliani’s and Hillary Clinton’s youtube presence:

If you agree that videos like this are a great way to present a candidate’s character and concerns better than repeating debate video footage or “regurgitating other media” as James put it, you may also enjoy this video posted by Barack Obama’s team a few hours ago. Ten minutes with a candidate, on his day off, just having a normal conversation with four guests.