Dems Announce "Town Hall" Theme For Convention

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Dems Announce "America's Town Hall" Convention
By Eric Kleefeld - August 11, 2008, 10:54AM

The Democratic National Convention Committee has unveiled a novel theme for the Denver convention: "America's Town Hall," complete with questions from the public.

Kasnas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announced the format on a conference call with reporters just now, along with a Web page where people can go to submit questions in writing or as video. During the convention itself, selected questions will be replayed live from the floor and then answered by convention speakers.

The will also be a live element, said Sebelius: "There'll be an opportunity for people to actually tune in and call in and be included live as the convention is underway."

Hopefully the call-in questions will themselves be pre-taped earlier in the day, so there won't be any live questions during the convention asking about Baba-Booey's health plan.

Late Update: A Dem convention spokesperson confirms to us that all questions will be taped, with all answers delivered live.