James Kotecki has instructed each of the candidates, in turn, on what they should be doing on YouTube and now he gives Fred Thompson his free advice even before he declares. James and I have each wondered about Thompson’s tone. As James points out, he tries to act casual but it does come off as acting.
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James Kotecki has a message for Mitt Romney about YouTube debate. I won’t ruin his punchline; just watch.
James Kotecki, star of prez blogging, snags a Bluetooth interview with John Edwards.
Edwards thinks the YouTube debate is a “great idea” because the media “ask the same questions over and over.” Edwards also says that for 30 minutes after the debate, he’ll do an online forum with people answering questions.
I predict he’ll end up interviewing every major candidate (well, except Giuliani, probably) and thus the next president of the U.S. And isn’t that cool: YouTube allows any kid to become a presidential interviewer.
Young James Kotecki offers his free advice to the candidates for the YouTube/CNN debate:
James Kotecki and David McMillan have never met but through the magic of Macs and YouTube, they’re making a talk show together and it’s already a hit as far as I’m concerned. The first episode: What is this about Barack Obama not being black enough?
James Kotecki, reviews Chris Dodd’s YouTube Spotlight video dispatching his supporters to stalk fellow senators and congressman. James decrees it ‘friggin’ cool.’ High praise, indeed.
James Kotecki snags Dennis Kucinich for an interview on Capitol Hill (putting the candidate in a big chair that makes him look even littler next to Big Jim). First question: Is war ever justified?
Don’s miss the ceremonial passing of the pencil puppet and an attempt to make this into a political moment.
U.S. News has a nice feature today on our brother political video blogger, James Kotecki.
James Kotecki’s final semester of college was surely the most memorable. The 21-year-old international politics major at Georgetown University used the semester not to study intensely, party, or catch up on sleep but to show presidential candidates that he may know a little more than they do about something—specifically, how to make an effective YouTube video.
James Kotecki gets a second presidential candidate in front of the camera in his dorm room. First, Ron Paul. Now Mike Gravel announces he create legislation Monday to make it a felony not to leave Iraq. They even get into a debate about democracy. Will this be on the final?
Tom Tancredo asked for YouTube questions and now he’s giving YouTube answers. Too bad he’s just a one-note candidate — on immigration — and like other fringers, he’ll likely do anything to get attention that won’t cost money. But give him credit for answering voters’ questions by name. And let’s hope this sets an example.
The ubiquitious James Kotecki asked whether his immigration policies won’t turn off Hispanic voters. Tancredo’s reply:
A rather overproduced question from Princeton, asking simply whether he can guarantee Social Security for young people. Tancredo’s simple answer: No.
And a response to a question on trade policy here.
They want more questions here.
Young James Kotecki interviews his younger brother (”remember, Mom and Dad are watching”) to see how these kids today see the YouTube election. You’ll learn that so far, it’s the funny stuff that’s getting attention. But as the election draws nearer, frère Kotecki says he may watch candidate’s statements on issues: but they better be short and better not be speeches. More good advice from the Kotecki family.
It’s a first: A candidate responds directly to a voter’s comments via YouTube. Here’s Dennis Kucinich replying to my esteemed competitor, James Kotecki:
Here was James’ video that elicited the response:
And here is James responding to Kucinich responding to him. Is this giving anybody else a headache? I love it. But it’s too bad this is such a meta exchange: video on video on video. What I want to see is candidates responding to voters on issues. I’ll repeat: David Cameron in the UK answers five questions a week, three of them voted up by the voters. And he’s not even running for office (well, not officially).
(Maybe I’m just jealous that McCain hasn’t responded to my advice.)
At Politics online, James and I finally got to meet up. I discovered him way back a month ago. He’s a student at Georgetown, soon to graduate, and is also working with Captitol Hill Broadcasting. Here’s our meetup in Washington, shot by James’ girlfriend, Emily Freifeld, a journalism student at American University:
And here are James and me quoted in a Washington Post story on the YouTube campaign.
