The New America Foundation, also known as “Joe Matthews”, launched this morning the 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. Thus far, about two hours in, we’ve seen some commentary on Californian’s support of the ballot initiative by race, voter competence (with regards to understanding initiative language…they’re better at it than you think), and the nail-biting quest to dethrone serpentine from its lofty perch as the official State-Rock.