It was great to see Obama saying some very strong stuff about BP, the oil industry, and the future of energy in America last night. It was great to see him defer further permits on offshore oil drilling, not so great to see him fail to ban drilling in the Arctic altogether.
But what was best was sitting in a noisy balcony at the Whitehouse press room with a bunch of pals heckling, cheering, and throwing popcorn.
At least, that's what it felt like. I watched via the Whitehouse App on Facebook, where the live broadcast is accompanied by a live chat stream. Even cooler, I found it via a link on whitehouse.gov itself, which I considered a very clued-up move by the POTUS's webbies.
Next press conference, check it out. Invite your friends. Grab some action links from Greenpeace or other activist sites and kick them into the chat flow so people can put action behind their words. This is the stuff democracy is made of.
