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By: A Proposal To CNN at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source.

A Proposal To CNN at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source. — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:58:18 +0000

[...] The Republican reluctance to engage in the scheduled September YouTube debate has created a fierce debate in the blogosphere, including something of a civil war at Hugh Hewitt’s Townhall blog. Hugh himself has adamantly insisted that Republican candidates eschew the substanceless spectacle of the YouTube/CNN enterprise as a media setup. Patrick Ruffini, his co-blogger, insists that a refusal will show an unwillingness to engage directly with citizens. I argued that the YouTube debate amounted to a political equivalent of the game show Let’s Make A Deal, while Rick Moran casts it as a test of political courage. Michelle Malkin and Mark Steyn agree with Rick, while Jasmius at Heading Right says the whole thing is a tempest in a teapot. [...]

By: Captain's Quarters

Captain's Quarters — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:56:32 +0000

A Proposal To CNN…

The Republican reluctance to engage in the scheduled September YouTube debate has created a fierce debate in the blogosphere, including something of a civil war at Hugh Hewitt’s Townhall blog. Hugh himself has adamantly insisted that Republican candid…

By: don johnson

don johnson — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:46:37 +0000

So what about the democrats refusing fox news debates, cannot the same argument be made?

By: busboy33

busboy33 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:09:57 +0000

Hit the issue squarely on target. If you can’t even wing a good lie, you really have no business being at this level of the political game. Dem or GOP, if your job is to sell ideals, then you should at least be able to work a crowd.
I’m not a fan of the Parlimentary system of government, but I do think Prime Minister’s Questions should be instituted here, in some form or another, to at least force politicians to be good liars. I may not have approved of Mr. Blair, but damn he could field a question about anything, anytime, anywhere, and come out smelling sweet as a rose.

By: Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:32:04 +0000

Hillary, Obama, and a “Return to Normalcy”…

When the leading Democratic candidates take the opportunity to snipe at each other about experience and wisdom versus youth and enthusiasm in the press, Rick Moran sees one of the primary choices facing voters next year. Do we want to……

By: sheryl

sheryl — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:16:49 +0000

Mitt Romney was just on CSPAN moments ago and took a YouTube question, along with a plethora of telephone calls in CSPAN’s standard format of Republican, Democrat and Independent phone lines.

He also said, due to his schedule, he is unable to attend the CNN/YouTube debate in Sept.

It’s interesting, reading all the puffery today about how Mitt is some how afraid of YouTube and then I turn on CSPAN and there he is answering a YouTube question…nice!

Classic….from a class guy!

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:12:45 +0000

Public Voice Adds Edge to Debate…

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 23 — Democratic presidential candidates shared the spotlight Monday night …

By: tHePeOPle

tHePeOPle — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:28:26 +0000

Any chance to hear what candidates think is good for independent voters like myself. I don’t care if the questions come from a talking snowman or two actual lesbians*. Quit being gigantic pussies and answer some f’ing questions! I want to know who to vote for, and it sure as hell isn’t going to be someone who’s afraid of direct questions from the public.

*not the hot kind from my dreams, unfortunately.

By: Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:45:21 +0000

GOP Candidates Weigh Participation in YouTube Debate…

One of the hottest stories in the blogosphere in recent weeks is the apparent reluctance of leading Republican presidential candidates to appear in a YouTube sponsored debate in September. As of now frontrunner Rudy Giuliani has declined and Mitt Romne…

By: Heading Right » Blog Archive » 2 UTube Or Not 2 UTube

Heading Right » Blog Archive » 2 UTube Or Not 2 UTube — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:27:50 +0000

[...] The odd couple of Josh Marshall and our BTR colleague Rick Moran take Ruffini’s side in full taunt-mode, asking, in essence, “If they can’t face Youtube, how can they defeat the terrorists or stand up to Ahmadinejad.”Â Like anybody’s going to do that in the next few years in any case.Â While our esteemed leader Ed Morrissey equates the YouTube format to political “Let’s Make A Deal”. [...]