1:35: You can view the number of participants here. Micah: "It appears that's the number for all the questions, i just tried sharing it from a different question start." So, if 23,305 voted...is that a total number of votes or views? Let's give them the benefit of the doubt and say it's individual views."

1:34: Micah: "aha, metadata! 23,305 views of the Sept 27 Live Ballot"

1:33: Micah: "sweet, they got the overall vote results on each question up as soon as the debate was over. kudos to Flektor, whatever that is."

1:31: Micah: "hmm. i would like a "neutral" option, or an "i don't know" option. he said, 'If everyone agrees with you, you're not saying much.' So what does it say that 90% of the people watching agreed with him?"

1:30: What does JE tell the 6% of people who disagree with him or don't think he answered the questions? Enter stump speech. A solid 6% continues to think he has the wrong ideas or is out of touch.

1:28: Environment. More than 90% think he's answered the questions, understands reality, or has good ideas. "It's time for us to patriotic for something other than war," he said. The students like that; they seem in tune with his environmental policies.

1:23: Stem cell research. More people, about 12%, think he has the wrong ideas.

1:22: Cillizza: What are the specific differences between your plan and Clinton and Obama's? 88% thinks he either answered the question or like his idea.

1:18: This is a great tool for the campaigns. They can judge the effectiveness of the candidates' positions in real time.

1:17: A rebuttal. "Do you think universal coverage would take away from peoples' responsibility to keep themselves healthy." Wha?

1:15: New topic! Universal health care. Immediately, 70%... 75%... 77%... 82% say "good ideas."

1:14: bin Laden is still at large, on Bush's watch. More people think he "understands reality" and less that he has "good ideas."

1:12: Micah: "drat, just lost the sound. this reminds me of when i tried to watch President Clinton's testimony to the Kenneth Starr using a dialup connection...you get the gist of it but every now and then you lose it all."

1:10 Iraq. Mini-lesson about differences between Shia and Sunni Muslims. A few more people, about 15%, think he has the wrong ideas or is out of touch about Iraq.

1:08: Terrorism. He rejects the terminology of the war on terror. 56% like it. Micah: "interesting how many people think he "understands reality" rather than "answered question" on the question about the war on terror. Hey, they just took it away! I think it was about 26% who said he understands reality."

1:05: 63% think he's answering the questions well, only 6% think he hasn't answered the questions or is out of touch.

1:04: Micah: "uh oh, a commercial for the Knight Foundation's grant program..." Josh: "Yeah, but it's only one! Now we're back."

1:03: It's a break. Time to vote for how well JE has done so far. Micah: "nice touch, if you haven't voted they warn you to vote before time runs out."

1:02: Micah: "i've logged out of me.dium, it wasn't doing anything for me. too bad. too bad we can't vote on the questions, too."

1pm: Darfur and China, new voting.

12:58: Micah: "this process could get really interesting when some of the other candidates are on.
I'd like to see Edwards deal with more than softball questions."

12:57: Global poverty and the ONE campaign. The "Good ideas" votes are getting higher and higher. This is clearly his strong point.

12:55: Micah: "Oh good, I can vote again. Looks like people thought he answered the question about foreclosures rather than dodging it."

12:54: Shnazerati asks via IM about investments in companies foreclosing on houses in New Orleans.

12:52: 63% like's JE's response to Katrina.

12:50: Looks like that the graph refreshing is intentional, so it coincides with the questions. I want to know how many people are voting.

12:49: A new chart! A new questions about Katrina. "We don't need a surge in Iraq, we need a surge in New Orleans." Looks like that concludes the education section.

12:48: After a browser refresh, still no update on the chart. Sigh. That was fun! I want more!

12:47: Inner city violence, still viewing responses to education. Micah: "i don't think medium's chat room feature is working...i'm in the edwards room and it's not updating"

12:45: We're on the third or fourth question but no update in the voting chart.

12:43: Lunargoddesb asks by IM, "are you increasing our taxes by paying for college for everyone?" JE: "Yes." Over $250,000 would raise the capital gains rate.

12:42: "We have to recognize as a nation that we have a responsibility to promote arts education..." no update on that approval chart.

12:38: Micah: "if you mouse over the pie chart it gives you the % of each in javascript. Nice."

12:37: Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reviews the stats thus far and shows us the widget. JE asks, "how do I read this thing"

12:35: There's a cool widget below the video that lets you vote on the answer. About half of viewers like JE's answers on education.

12:34: Micah: "Looks like they knew in advance that this question would be on education, since the 'tell us what you think' tool had that loaded in."

12:32: Diversity in schools. JE: We want all "scholars" represented in the curriculum. But presidents don't set the curriculum. America needs to create financial incentives... camera toggles back between SuChin Pak and Edwards.

12:29: "to install MySpaceIM it "Requires MS Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista and Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher." Sorry Mac users. It's fine; I don't know any college students or tech folks who use Macs anyway.

12:28pm We're liveblogging the MTV/MySpace "dialogue" with John Edwards... nothing's going on yet; it's like listening to the pilots speak before liftoff.