Technology

In the latest new media partnership of the 2008 election, MySpace will team up with the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) to let voters watch debates live online and sort footage by issue, the two entities announced this week.

MySpace and CPD will launch MyDebates.org in early September (the first presidential debate airs Sept. 26) marking CPD Read more...

Since Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) bowed out of the presidential race, her supporters have received sporadic emails offering various activities--e.g. an online T-shirt design contest and a drawing to have dinner with her--all presented beside a large red button marked "Contribute."

But her latest offering could lead to the most direct, wide-scale interaction yet: a live chat with supporters via her campaign's blog.

Clinton will chat online with supporters live this Thursday, answering questions beginning at 12 p.m. Eastern. The New York senator announced the chat today in a web video, which supporters received in the customary email from HillaryClinton.com, asking for contributions to help retire her campaign debt.

John McCain celebrated NASA's 50th anniversary today and blasted his opponent's plan to scale back space funding in favor of education, implying Obama's plan would abandon NASA at a critical juncture, as the Space Shuttle is scheduled to retire in 2010.

"Fifty years ago today, President Eisenhower signed the bill that launched the United States on the magnificent journey to space discovery and exploration," McCain said. "In doing so, he sent a powerful message to the world that the United State would harness its creativity, inventiveness and drive to lead all others into this most distant frontier. Since that time, Presidents of both parties have remained steadfast in guaranteeing U.S. leadership in space."

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Looking at the latest foreign policy news, RedState's bloggers find more reasons to support conservatives and knock Democrats. Moe Lane applauds NATO's decision to back the U.S. missile defense shield and then reminds readers of Barack Obama's opposition to further nuclear weapons and missile material development. Pejman Yousezfadeh defends John McCain's support for the Iraq War and takes issue with the argument that the Republican is "in love with war and the military.