YouTube has launched a new special feature, YouChoose 08 which lets you watch videos of the presidential candidates. In fact, the pages link directly to the member profiles of the Presidential Candidates!
The features include: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson in its own channel, as well as the republican John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. The business, property of Google, said that YouChoose 08 (You choose 08) will permit the politicians to control the pages.
YouTube Gets Presidential
YouChoose 08
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