TechPresident.com, the New York Times, MSNBC.com, and forty prominent blogs from across the political spectrum have just launched a new site called 10Questions. The public is invited to submit questions for the presidential candidates by uploading them to YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo Video, or Blip.tv and tagging them "10Questions".

August 9th marked the 33rd anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation in the face of impeachment. To commemorate the occasion, we launched the Dump Dick video contest to encourage people to think about the historical parallels between Dick Nixon and Dick Cheney, and to question some of the specious arguments currently being made against impeachment (e.g. that it would be bad for the country, take too long, or prevent Congress from accomplishing other important work). None of these things held true in 1974, and they would even less so now.

17 videos were submitted to our Dump Dick YouTube group making the case for the impeachment of Dick Cheney on this basis. Five finalists tied for the highest user ratings on YouTube and then the overall winner was determined by a runoff vote on the Democrats.com site. The winning video, Nancy Calls for Impeachment, depicts an imaginary telephone conversation between Nancy Pelosi and a friend (played by the video’s creator—student, activist-musician, and first-time filmmaker Jen Datka). The friend explains to Nancy that the reason she’s so unpopular is her “failure to hold accountable the most dangerous, criminal, and morally bankrupt administration this country has ever known.” She then cites the historical example of Richard Nixon to allay Nancy’s fears about impeachment.

Happy Dump Dick Day!

Today is the 33rd anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation in the face of impeachment. Of course, Tricky Dick was a rank amateur compared to Darth Cheney and The Decider.

To commemorate Dump Dick Day we started a contest to see who could make the best video comparing Nixon and Cheney, and making the case for impeachment. The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize.

Today was the deadline and all the entries are in. Now we need your help choosing the finalist(s). You can rate the videos on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/groups_videos?name=dumpdick until noon EST tomorrow, August 10th. If there's no clear winner we'll then post the finalists on Democrats.com and ask people to vote one more time to choose a winner.

Let's dump this Dick!

On July 23, the Orange Revolution begins and CNN and YouTube will host a debate among the Democratic candidates for president at which they will be asked questions submitted by the public via YouTube videos. Although CNN editors have the final say over which videos are selected, a site called Community Counts has been set up to allow everybody to vote on the questions they want asked. You can see all the questions and vote for your favorites at http://www.communitycounts.us/?q=demdebate.

We're happy to report that the video question Impeachment of GW Bush; Necessary to thwart future abuses? posted by lonelygirl15 is currently the #1 most popular video and is opening up a commanding lead. Let's keep her video in first place and see if we can get a bunch of other impeachment question videos into the top ten!