{"id":1224,"date":"2012-01-30T09:19:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2012-01-30T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T14:23:36","slug":"obama-to-host-google-hangout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2012\/01\/obama-to-host-google-hangout\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama to host Google hangout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest iteration of the administrations efforts to connect to supporters via social media, President Barack Obama will take part Monday in a Google+ Hangout,&#8221; a chat room-like feature of Google+ that allows users to connect with each other via video connections.<\/p>\n<p>The White House pledges the president will answer &#8220;several of the most popular questions&#8221; submitted through YouTube, while some questioners will be invited to participate in a live conversation on Google+.<\/p>\n<p>The latest social media push follows a Twitter town hall the president held over the summer. To the disappointment of some, the president merely answered preselected questions from Twitter users in that forum.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the presidents answers will show up on a video stream hosted by Google+ while participants can comment on his answers in real time.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/30\/politics\/obama-google\/index.html?eref=rss_politics&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+Politics%29\">Obama to host Google hangout &#8211; CNN.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>GOOGLE+ : <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105479712798762608629\/posts\">https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105479712798762608629\/posts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the White House:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Then don\u2019t forget to tune in at Monday at 5:30 p.m. when the President will join a special<\/span><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105479712798762608629\/posts#105479712798762608629\/posts\">Google+<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0Hangout from the West Wing. He&#8217;ll be answering several of the most popular questions that have been submitted through\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/whitehouse\">YouTube<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;\">, and\u00a0some of the people who submitted questions will even be invited to join the President in the Hangout and take part in the live conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest iteration of the administrations efforts to connect to supporters via social media, President Barack Obama will take part Monday in a Google+ Hangout,&#8221; a chat room-like feature of Google+ that allows users to connect with each other via video connections. 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