Approximately one million viewers have perused an online debate featuring the candidates for the Democratic presidential candidacy.
The online "mashup" consists of the candidates answering a variety of questions on issues such as religion, drugs, health and terrorism. Among the most popular segments viewed were questions posed to the candidates by the popular comedian Bill Maher. The project was the brainchild of Yahoo, HuffingtonPost.com and Slate.com. Neeraj Khemlani, vice president of programming at Yahoo, told the Associated Press: "We started off doing this as a public service.
"It was in my mind, 'Let's go and try to help undecided voters.'" The former first lady Senator Hillary Clinton was the candidate who was the most watched, with 35 percent of the video clips. Her main rival for the Democratic nomination, the Illinois senator Barack Obama was the next most-watched candidate. Currently Hillary Clinton is marginally leading the polls.
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