I’m proud to say that WikiCandidate, a research project developed by two of my graduate students and that I’ve hopefully been somewhat helpful on, launched this week. Take a look: WikiCandidate08 — what you’ll find is the campaign website for a contender in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. But the candidate is entirely the product of what you, and anyone else who joins the site, comes up with. Every element of the site, from the candidate’s biography to their stance on issues to news reports from the campaign trail, is editable, using a familiar wiki format.

Who would your ideal presidential candidate be?