I encourage readers to listen to the HB 210 debate
in its entirety, as it provides a fascinating glimpse of
democracy in action — warts and all (including, for example, when Oda
responds to the call for a vote with «Meow.»)
As enthusiasm for deliberative
democracy in liberal societies is «driven by a perceived distance between the drives and motivations of citizens and the political decisions made
in their name,» live - blogging
in all its informational immediacy may be able to narrow the temporal distance between lawmaker and subject, as the latter is able to instantly
respond to the
actions of the former.