Republican YouTube Debate On Hold
The weekend announcement seems inevitable, given the combination of right-leaning blogosphere objections and candidate Rudolph Giuliani advising the world that he had a schedule conflict and wouldn't appear. His announcement was followed by Mitt Romney's ("I think the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman.").
Only Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson have agreed to the event, sponsored by YouTube, CNN and the Florida Republican Party. The Florida presidential primary is 29 January 2008.
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt is worried that "moonbats" will flood the question pool. In other words, either he doesn't trust Republicans to generate compelling questions or he thinks CNN would pick questions simply to embarrass candidates. Does Hewitt really believe it was a Democrat who posed the YouTube question (that CNN did not pick) asking for male Democratic candidates to bare their chests?
Not all conservative bloggers object to the format. David All challenges Republican candidates to connect with real people by participating in the debate. And Michael Bassik points out that "there are 3.3 million self-identified Republicans on the user-generated video site versus 3.1 million Democrats."
Sign the petition if you want to encourage Republican candidates to participate in the debate. There is also a Facebook group:
Attend the YouTube debate, and you may get a tough question or two. Don't attend, and millions of Americans will wonder if you were too afraid to answer questions from the Internet, just as Democrats were afraid to go on Fox News.
Symptomatic of Deeper Issues
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And, as Wired also notes, candidate reluctance to appear in this debate format may signal which party most values the online voter.
After all, the Washington Post reported that in March the John Edwards website for president had more unique visitors than the combined audiences of Giuliani, McCain and Romney.
But this is more than eyeballs. It's also money. More from the WaPo:
The top three Democrats, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama and Edwards, amassed more than $14 million over the Internet in the first three months of 2007; in contrast, the top three Republicans, Giuliani, McCain and Romney, collected less than half of that, $6 million. Furthermore, ABC PAC, the conservative fundraising site, has raised $385 so far for Republican presidential hopefuls; Act Blue, its liberal counterpart, has collected about $3 million for Edwards alone.
Perhaps there are more Democrats following their primary candidates than Republicans are following theirs. But maybe this is a reflection of Democrats more actively engaging those who are online. As I noted last week, CNN viewers in the 18-34 demographic the most ever for a cable news debate since the first one in 1992. This is a demographic that the Republicans should not ignore: it's 24% of the total U.S. population.
The Risk of Ignoring Under 30s
The Harvard Institute of Politics reported that in the 2004 election, 74 percent of college students
reported voting; moreover, 16 percent donated money and 15 percent volunteered on a political campaign. That's twice as many volunteers as 2000 and twice as many voting as those not attending college.
(pdf)
For perspective, in 2004, there were more voters under-30 over-65. And, according to Harvard, the young vote made in a difference in Virginia in 2006, where Webb defeated Allen by 9,329 votes, and in Montana, where Tester defeated incumbent Senator Burns by 3,562 votes. (ppt)
Finally, this tidbit from the passionate young Republicans who are urging their elders to join the 21st century:
A recent poll showed Democrats with a staggering 24-point advantage among 18 to 29 year old voters.
I can't guarantee that participating in the YouTube debates will narrow that gap, but I can guarantee that not participating will widen it.
Comments
Not all Republican candidates are ignoring or failing to take advantage of the internet. One of them, in particular.
If we compare Democrats to Republicans, Democrats blow the Republicans away when it comes to on-line appeal. If we compare Ron Paul, *just* Ron Paul, with the entire Democratic field, Ron Paul blows all of them away.
Ron Paul beats *every* Democratic contender on YouTube, Meetup, Eventful, and MySpace. He beats every Democrat, except Obama, when it comes to Facebook. He is the most Googled search term on the entire internet, according to Technorati (or was, until about a week ago. He’ll be back to take the top spot sooner rather than later).
And Ron Paul’s online support is obvious when you consider the online polls that Ron Paul wins handily each and every single time.
Ron Paul isn’t ignoring the internet. Ron Paul pwns the internet. If only Republican voters would realize this before throwing their vote away on someone else who is bound to get trounced by a Democrat.
This just pisses me off. If only Ron Paul and John McCain will be there, then this is the type of ’small debate’ people in both parties have been asking for. I say they should keep the debate and marginalize those politicians afraid to come, perhaps THAT is what they are afraid of. The media has been banking on these supposed ‘top-tier’ goons for too long to piss it away on showing them as no-shows and actually getting to hear the other guys talk.
This is simply ridiculous.
I for one am pleased that they won’t use the youtube platform. No one watched the Democratic debate and no one would watch this one. I agree that the discourse needs to be held at a higher level than an internet prank.
BTW-Ron Paul is a nutcase. An unwinable candidate and a waste of time.
C
Anyone who, like Ron Paul, would prevent this Holy Nation from using its God-given military power to fulfill its Holy Mission, is a total NUTCASE! Mr. Paul should be in Gitmo!
Its interesting how the Republicans are being given so much grief about declining the YouTube debate yet not a word about the Democrats doing the exact same thing when they refused to go to the debate co-sponsored by Fox News. Double standard? Hypocrisy? Yeah, I think so.
The idea that Democrats would flood the asked questions or CNN would pick questions to embarrass the candidates is a wild thought to some?
Let’s see, in a former CNN sponsored Republican Debate they asked “Do you consider Carl Rove a friend” and “Do you believe in the theory of Evolution”. Now there is a serious question not designed to pander to the left!
Yup, CNN would never dream of asking dumb questions to embarrass the Republican candidates.
Republicans…afraid to attend. In my neighborhood they would be called little B@#ches. If hit with a hard question they would be unable to chastise the person asking the question. Deflecting the real issue. The moderator will not ask a tough question for fear of career. So the republicans refuse this format to help keep their guns…fear tactics
Rico…
Fox News = Conservative Trash
John,
Fox News= Fair and balanced.
YOU TUBE, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, CNN NPR, NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, U.S. POLITICS; CURRENT EVENTS = liberal gibberish.
Fox News leans to the right most definitely, but in a sea of liberal media it’s just a dot. Hardly enough to make up for the overwhelming amount of leftist crap spewed by the liberal mainstream media. The amount of people who listen to Fox News is dwarfed by the audiences that are commanded by the liberal left media.
But, even though it leans right, it’s still much more beievable and accurate than anything you’ll see on CBS/NBC/ABC.
C
Ghouliani is a cross-dressing fruitcake with zero moral or family values. He is a complete waste of time and will NEVER be president.
Romney is a wacky kook nut-job mormon and a used car salesman who would be happy to sell you a lemon. He has the same chance of becoming president as he does going to heaven. ZERO.
Who cares if these two LOSERS don’t show up? The Republicans shouldn’t have to endure another NO CHANCE canidate like Dole.
I say on with the show and let these clowns sit out. Good riddance.
It would be one thing if they claimed bias for going on CNN (although personally I don’t see it as a major enough bias to bypass it)…but these questions come from people…who incidentially also vote.
Perhaps there will be nutjobs, or idiotic questions….but nevertheless they are still the people who vote, and are represented by the president. A crazy mans vote is equal to any other persons.
To back out on that basis is just pure fear that they might not answer a canned question the way they planned to answer it…and…godforbid…they say something that they mean, but don’t want the public to know about.
Marty McFarlane: “Anyone who, like Ron Paul, would prevent this Holy Nation from using its God-given military power to fulfill its Holy Mission, is a total NUTCASE! Mr. Paul should be in Gitmo!”
SIR, you need a psychiatric evaluation. The USA is not on a “holy” mission, and to think it is speaks volumes of a mental disorder. Please see a doctor for the safety of all of us.
Chuck Manson is an idiot. How is YouTube liberal?!? They have no control over the people who use the site. In fact they ROUTINELY put up right-wing propaganda on their Editor’s Picks! More REPUBLICANS use YouTube then liberals.
When you saying something as patently stupid as “Fox News= Fair and balanced. YOU TUBE … = liberal gibberish”, how can anyone take you seriously?
Faux News is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the neo-cons. There is very little difference from the LIBERAL messages they pump out compared to the LIBERAL message the other organizations pump out.
Faux News just shills for neo-con big gov’t liberals instead of demorat big gov’t liberals.
Marty McFarlane: “Anyone who, like Ron Paul, would prevent this Holy Nation from using its God-given military power to fulfill its Holy Mission, is a total NUTCASE! Mr. Paul should be in Gitmo!”
RSTRANDMARK: “SIR, you need a psychiatric evaluation. The USA is not on a “holy” mission, and to think it is speaks volumes of a mental disorder. Please see a doctor for the safety of all of us. ”
Couldn’t you tell he was making fun of our current foreign policy and religious president. to bush, it is a holy war.
SARCASM guys, almost no one is crazy enough to agree with our foreign policy.
As crazy as it may seem…I know people that actually think like Marty McFarlane does…and initally reading his message I thought the same thing as RSTRANDMARK.
Sometimes America scares me.
@Ron
The situation is very very very different. Fox News is an ultra conservative religion-dominated network that regularly misreports and skews stories to support their narrow point of view. Democratic presidential candidates going on Fox news would trigger the equivalent of a mud slinging fest between 2nd graders. CNN on the other hand, is well known as a moderate network. Besides, the questions are posed by the general public (youtube), not just people interested in making the Republican candidates look bad. Their refusal to attend shows just how out of touch they are with the times.
barb and lil,
You demonstrate how far to the left you really are by your comments.
CNN is well known as a left leaning mouthpiece. WELL KNOWN! Not far left liberal like Barb or K Gill, but leans left.
Fox News is the ONLY news mouthpiece that leans right. I doubt either one of you have spent any time watching Fox News or you wouldn’t make such silly comments. Especially the religion comment??
Barb, the vast majority of mocking on youtube comes from the left. Now they may be right of you which explains what a leftwing kook you are. But your assertion is simply false and any rational thinking person knows this.
C
Chuck Manson: “Barb, the vast majority of mocking on youtube comes from the left.”
Did you just try to argue that the internet has a liberal bias?
Hey “Chuck Manson”:
Just because you supposedly have no news (well, no news that suits you), you have to go and “make up” a whole news network that fakes news to make it look like a conservative world? How pathetic.
Maybe the problem isn’t that the world is tilted left - it’s that YOUR HEAD is tilted right. Wow, could that REALLY be possible?!?
You know, I’d love a world where it rained candy everyday — but I don’t pay weathermen to tell me that it will just so I can feel better. But hey, if that kinda stuff helps you keep sane, good for you. Just don’t try to tell ME it’s raining candy too; I prefer to live in reality (and so do about 75% of the country at last count).
By the way, alien abduction believers don’t have a lot of news outlets either; but that doesn’t mean they’re right and just being knocked down by the government. Geez LOL
@Lil
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Of course it doesn’t matter how in/out of touch they are, unless they steal another election they’re out of the picture until at least 2012.
Chuck, you are a joke and a pathetic little weasel. I am so sick of you clowns that rely on accusing everyone of being “liberals” when you have NO CLUE what liberal and conservative EVEN MEAN!
Neoconservatism is BIG GOVT LIBERALISM. You neocons are the moonbat libtards that are doing the most to destroy conservatism and the right wing.
You are not “left” or “right”. You are “up”. Head staight UP your rear-end.
Rudolph Giuliani and Mitt Romney not showing up to the CNN debate is just stupid on their part.
It shows that the tough questions that the general public would put forward to be answered by someone who wants to be president, will not be answered by them.
So remember them, when you vote, that they don’t want to answer your questions.
Mitt has no chance of becomming president and Rudy is a big disappointment.
Perfect example of Republican’s only caring about Big Business and not the American Voter.
Chuck Manson -
I’m an independent, but I hate Republicans, which in your book would make me a liberal, even though I am not one. I hate Republicans mostly because of people like you, Chuck, who seem to think the world is only black and white. Right and Left, Good and Evil, Right and Wrong, Conservative and Liberal. You have no brain, no concept of gray areas, cannot think for yourself, and your utter contempt for people that have different views from what you accept as “right” make me sick. No one person or group has all the right answers, Chuck. You need to talk to other people of differing views to form a full understanding of a situation. Most of all, you need to respect people whom you disagree with, because they are no more right or wrong than you are. I doubt you’ll ever really grasp this though, so go ahead and call me a kooky liberal, maybe sling out some right wing talking points to feel good about yourself, and continue to ignore reality and the majority of us normal Americans for as long as you can.
mark wrote:
“Most of all, you need to respect people whom you disagree with”
mark also wrote: “but I hate Republicans”
I rest my case mark.
Chris,
Don’t know what you’re talking about Chris?
Anon,
Really intelligent response! Just what I’d expect from the far left kook base. Your post speaks or doesn’t speak for itself.
Jak,
More liberal dribble. Not an ounce of truth and don’t bother trying to prove your stupid assertion.
Barb,
Get back on your medication.
PA Chris,
Try listening to Romney/Giuliani stances and stop getting your news from KOS or some other wacko left wing looney website. You just might come across as sounding somewhat informed.
And one last thing: What ever happened to the compassionate Democratic party? So much anger and hatred? Why would the country turn itself over to such a group of angry, uninformed hate mongers? You people need to take a break from listening to the endless diatribe of hatred from Air UnAmerica, KOS, Hollywoood and the many many left wing hate groups.
Peace
C
You said that the “vast majority of mocking on youtube comes from the left.”
So you are saying that a site open to any submissions has a liberal slant?
I catagorize myself has a moderate liberal, and generally I like to cut out the name calling. The one thing that really gets to me though is how the GOP has cast the media as some sort of effort to hold them down.
Granted I know that there is a slant, but I see it as a minor slant, and in some cases a slant that can change directions.
Fox news is the only exception, and ironically the only one to try to establish themselves on the corner stone of being “fair and balanced”.
Lets all be honest, what program can be more slanted on any network than Hannity and Coombs?
Now that granted…I still really don’t care….what really gets me is when anything that goes against a talking point, or is a difficult question gets framed as being liberal media bias and simply dismissed.
This is the same issue I take with President Bush talking only to sympathetic crowds (military in particular).
If you only preach to the choir then you are missing the congregation.
The GOP is playing the bias card far too much, and is using it to avoid anything that questions their ideas.
Groupthink is the ultimate enemy of a decision maker, and has been strongly supported in the last eight years.
I don’t vote along party lines (I really like Ron Paul), but Republicans skipping this debate, and then trying to justify it as “I don’t want to answer stupid questions” really caused them to lose some points in my book.
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Chuck,
YOU TUBE, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, CNN NPR, NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, U.S. POLITICS; CURRENT EVENTS = liberal gibberish.
funny how everybody else is liberal isn’t it. The whole freaking world is liberal. If that were true, wouldn’t we be planting trees instead of bodies? Do you even think about what your saying, or just continue to regurgitate what Rush tells you?
If these other stations were indeed liberal as you suggest, the true state of the “war” would have been made publicly known along time ago. The “liberal” news is just beginning to report on whats going on over there (good and bad).
Back on topic, the democrats faced and answered tough questions. I would think that republicans would be happy to be under fire, they have a lot of reckoning to do. This would be just another missed opportunity for them.
Hi, Peter - yes, I’m well aware of the Ron Paul net advocates.
Hi, Steve:
I agree that a debate with McCain, Paul et all should still go forward. Don’t know if the sponsors, including the FL GOP, would agree, however.
Hi, Chuck
“No one” watched?
This debate had the most 18-34 yos of any cable debate — that goes back to 1992 — and that was watching LIVE tv.
Warning, Chuck:
Do NOT call people names (Ron Paul = nutcase) in THIS forum.
Hello, Marty:
If your comment is intended to be sarcastic, you need to add some emoticons.
If your comment is intended to be taken at face value, be advised that we do not look kindly on name-calling in this site.
Hello, Rico:
I haven’t written about FOX — I’ve avoided the primary campaign as much as possible.
I’ve written about the YouTube event because I’m interested in technology and politics.
Hello, Heather:
Given the interjection of religion into politics, I believe the evolution question is a reasonable one.
Re Karl Rove … he was an issue in the 2004 campaign. He may be one in the 2008 campaign. There is no Democratic equivalent.
Hello, Chuck:
You typed:
Is this the time for me to trot out statistics about how knowledgeable Republicans were about Bush’s positions in 2004 relative to how knowledgeable Democrats were about Kerry’s? And the % of Republicans who say that they get most of their news from FOX? Or the number of proven falsehoods on O’Reilly’s show?
Because your opinion — asserted as though it were fact — is not true.
Hello, Barbara:
As I noted to Chuck, I do not appreciate name-calling. This is not Kos and I don’t like “Ghouliani” any more than I like “moonbats.”
Hi, Chris:
Good points re real reason for declining to appear.
Barbara, do NOT call people in this thread “idiots.”
If you persist in name-calling, your posts will be deleted.
Barbara, this is strike three. Any future comments with ad hominems will be deleted.
Hello, Mark — please avoid personal attacks in this forum.
Chuck, you started the p***ing match in this thread.
No more name-calling.
Chris,
I never said youtube has a liberal slant, those are your words. Read my statement again and find an intelligent way to rebutt my assertion. I meant what I said and I stand by my statement. Don’t try to spin my words and create a scenario I never intended. It’s not that hard Chris?
The mere fact you don’t understand the difference between “news” and opinion tells me volumes about your mindset. Have you never heard of crossfire? Chris Matthews, Oberman, O’Reilly and several other media figures are “opinion” talking heads. There’s a difference Chris. Read up on it and get back to me when you get a clue?
barb,
So, there aren’t any meds strong enough?
JohnM,
The youtube questions were only tough for you John. No surprise though.
The youtube debate changed no minds, brought out any new ideas or challenged any candidates. Repeating the same platform would only be a waste of time for all but the truly thoughtless who can’t read a newspaper or visit a candidates website.
C
Chuck, any more personal attacks like the one above directed at Barbara and your comments will be deleted, too.
Chuck,
I never said youtube has a liberal slant …
YOU TUBE, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, CNN NPR, NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, U.S. POLITICS; CURRENT EVENTS = liberal gibberish.
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must be tough being right all the time !!
USP,
#30 Less than 1% of the population watched this debate. I stand by my statement. Virtually no one watched this debate. Waste of time to all but those who are emotionally attached to some candidate.
#35 Coming from the left you would believe your own statement. I stand by my statement. O’reilly is opinion, not news btw. Your opinion is not true, imo.
#41 When I was little I loved to stir the ant pile and watch the frenzy. Then I’d stick a black cat firecracker in the middle and blow the crap out of them all.
Still a kid at heart.LOL
C
Chris,
2nd paragraph of #25. You DID type those words did you not? Sheesh!
“must be tough being right all the time !!”
Can you call my wife and tell her this? She won’t agree with you
C
Perhaps reality has a liberal bias…
After all it seems like there are complaints about everything having a liberal bias…and its just gotten crazy…wikipedia? youtube?
How can you claim something open to all public, free, and virtually unregulated is biased?
Conservapedia and QubeTV do what Foxnews did to news.
Chris,
You keep accusing me of saying something I never said. If your reading comprehension is this bad I can understand why you have to rely on the “tube” for your information.
The fact that the vast majority of political videos aired on youtube comes from a left bent only means that more lefties are submitting politically edged videos attacking the right. It’s your forum. You own it(figuratively). I think that’s undeniable.
Youtube obviously believes in the 1st amendment. The anger and hate from the left is disproportional to what comes out of the right, on youtube. Are you getting this yet?
Stop spinning my comments to mean what you want them to mean or do I need to make a video that you would understand better?
“Conservapedia and QubeTV” ?????
C
Chuck, you typed:
Not for the first time, I suggest you provide some evidence to support your claims. Unless, of course, your goal here is indeed like that of the child who sticks a firecracker in an ant hill.
But u did chuck, let me refresh your memory since obviously you scroll bar doesn’t work.
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YOU TUBE, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, CNN NPR, NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, U.S. POLITICS; CURRENT EVENTS = liberal gibberish.
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must be tough being right all the time.
JohnM,
You seem to also have a reading comprehension problem? Read #48. Since youtube is just a forum for subscribers to submit videos, it’s obvious to this conservative, that the vast majority of political videos are coming from the left. K? Do you deny that?
C
OK USP,
Let me rephrase that comment.
My impression is: the vast majority of political videos aired on youtube comes from a left bent which only means that more lefties are submitting politically edged videos attacking the right.
Of course, my impression is simply anecdotal but to refute it one would be so far left of center that reason and reality would be impossble.
Happy now Kathy?
Do you believe that there is more anger directed towards the right than towards the left on youtube? Do ya? Your impression please. This IS an opinion board is it not?
C
Hey Chuck - You know, like/dislike and respect aren’t mutually exclusive. Kinda like how an apple can be green or red, but that has nothing to do with an orange sitting next to it (apples and oranges - get it?! of course not…). Nice one though, feebly trying to make me look like a hypocrite when you couldn’t come up with a real response. You truly are one of THOSE Republicans, no doubt. Still, you’ve got a long way to go before you’re playing at Karl Rove’s level. Oh well, better luck next time mate.
It is sad when our politicians are afraid to face the American people… or are they just afraid of Ron Paul.
Ron Paul is so dominant on YouTube that Giuliani and Romney are scared of the home court advantage Ron Paul would have. Glad to see McCain has some courage.
Of the Republican candidates, Ron Paul is 1st on YouTube, Meetup, MySpace, Technorati, Alexa, Google, etc. The old media is just too slow to realize what is happening.
Ron Paul places 1st or 2nd in every straw poll, debate, and active participation survey.
Dr. Ron Paul has the most contributions from U.S. military personnel & veterans above all other candidates. So support the troops and vote Ron Paul!
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were doing about the same in the ‘Scientific Polls’ at this stage in their elections. ‘Scientific Polls’ at this stage only measure name recognition. Over the next six months Ron Paul will gain name recognition. Most people who learn about Ron Paul become major supporters.
70% of Americans want us out of Iraq and want change.
Ron Paul is only republican candidate against the war.
Ron Paul only needs about 30% vote from republicans sick of the war and abuse of powers to win in republican primaries.
Dr. Ron Paul is the man of integrity and courage that America needs at this time.
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” John Quincy Adams
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Mark,
I didn’t need to expose you as a hypocrite mark. You did that all on your own.
You know mark, I try to sparingly use the word hate. I hate brussel sprouts, I hate Osama Bin Laden, I hate child molesters. I don’t hate you or most liberals. I just don’t like the way you behave. Your first post illustrates what’s wrong with the far left. Yours and several other posts demonstrate how angry and hateful people can be and it’s frightening that the next President will probably be one of you. Let’s hope they have a little more common sense eh?
And thanks for comparing me to Rove. I’m flattered. No, I’m not at his level whatever that means but so kind of you to make the comparison.
C
Hope,
Ron Paul has 1% support nationally. Give it up.
C
You need to be careful when quoting polls. Even though they say they are scientific, they tend to focus only on one part of the voting population. I’ve been keeping a close eye on the polls myself and usually, the polls are focused only on “Republican” or “Republican leaning” (in the case of Republican candidates. The polls do nothing to capture crossover voters or newly registered voters.
As for the Republican CNN/Youtube debate, I think it reflects poorly on Giuliani and Romney…and the others who have not signed up because they are not showing a willingness to reschedule their fundraising commitments. They are basically saying to the general public that fundraising is more important that answering questions from the common citizen. It’s a bad move on their part in the long run.
As for the other posters here, you all need to start thinking for yourselves and stop relying on the mainstream media. Listen to what the candidates have to say and make up your mind if you agree or disagree with them. It’s really not that difficult.
Thanks, Jason. Good points.
I agree with you re “debate” v “fundraising” … philosophically, that is. However, it costs and exorbitant amount of money to run for President — maybe this event can help shine a light onto the obscene amount of money required.
Rico, what are you talking about? This article quotes the Facebook petition question of whether the GOP candidates would dodge the YouTube debate “just as Democrats were afraid to go on Fox News.”
The Republicans have made a horrible choice in skipping this debate. This debate consists of Americans questions important to them. It keeps the candidates guessing and doesn’t give them advance notice of what type of questions will be answered. And to you people who are bringing up the fact that democrats wouldn’t attend fox news debate, well this situitation is entirely different. For one Fox News would’ve created the questions for them, whereas here americans ask the questions. Also, we ask more blunt questions because we don’t have people to answer to like normal reporters do.