This is a shameless--no, prideful!--pitch for people to use a video open source video player to watch their political news.

Miro--free, open-source internet TV application launched version 1.0 today. Download it here:

www.getmiro.com

At least Ron Paul and the Obama campaign are already using it to share their videos. I didn't check all the candidates.

Whatever your politics, its critical to support a noncommercial platform for video, so we can all own the future of internet video; its like downloading the street-corners of the future. It's a great product, there are no time limits, and there is no threat that controversial topics will get kicked off. Its like using firefox for your browser; its better, and its better for the future of political culture.

The new version makes it super easy to search Youtube, Google video, and several other sites for "Obama" or "Huckabee" or "Romney" or "Ron Paul," and the image results are beautiful.

Its built by the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF)(of which I am a board member).