aol hot seat - useful widget and a good use of outside bloggers...

i like this. it's easy to use (no registration), allows you to get results instantly on aol, has real political writers (blogs and pubs i read), and drives traffic to their publisher partners. this type of polling isn't new, but i like the "guest" nature of it and the simple call to action get the publisher's "take" on the question on their own site...

note: for some reason the widget is displaying on my blog. go to aol news to see it live, but here's a screen grab: