On the first full day of his presidency, Barack Obama issued an executive memo calling on the government to become more transparent, participatory and collaborative. He wrote:

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

Of course, public participation is a two-way street. That's why, today, Personal Democracy Forum is proud to announce that we are partnering with a cross-partisan coalition of old and new media in launching "Ask the President," an open, collaborative, participatory forum where anyone can post a question and vote up their favorites. Our lead partners, The Nation magazine and The Washington Times, have committed to send a credentialed journalist to every presidential press conference armed with a list of the top citizen-driven questions, aiming to ask the President at least one generated by the public.

Day 4 of our DNC Coverage

Some writers forget that Ron Paul is in fact (partly) responsible for his own fundraising numbers; Huckabee and Kucinich try out their own money bomb schemes; MayorTV inserts urban issues into the race; new websites seek to attract the millenials; the TPM Book Club features former Deaniacs; Steven Levy thinks Hot or Not may have some lessons for electoral voting; and John Edwards releases a "preview" of his upcoming election.