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A teacher that spent 5 years in Europe, but I've been back in DC for the last few months. I lean left and generally support Democrats, but I like a good conversation. I've been known to change my mind.
Is the GOP scared of a snowman?
Apparently YouTube and CNN scare the GOP Presidential candidates because Giuliani won't show and Romney may not either. In fact, only McCain and Ron Paul have signed on.
As someone who watched about 2000 of the 3000 videos for the Democratic debate, I'm disgusted that the candidates won't take questions from their constituents. None of the questions during the Democratic debate were crazy and the overall response to the format, real questions from real people, was that it was a winner.
I always hated that President Bush ensured friendly, sympathetic audiences at his town hall-style forums and rallies by screening out members of the public, but for the Republican candidates to continue to insulate themselves is neither good for their party or good for democracy.
Why are they afraid of the people they will represent? Or even more importantly, if the GOP is afraid of a snowman, how can they face up to the terrorists?
Update: According to a conservative website, Save the Debate, both Mike Huckabee and Tommy Thompson have agreed to join the debate.
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I agree - this is an outrage.
I'm a person who rolls his eyes at most declarations of "outrage" - but this outrages me. Giuliani, who I expect to govern like an electable Dick Cheney is doing the equivalent of GHWB refusing to go on MTV. And Romney - he should know better. Conservatives - of all people - should be open to this - our roots are in Federalism. Power IS the people's!
Republicans have drifted so far from their roots. Expat, I hardly ever vote Democrat (and never claim to be a Republican) but you got this one right.
PS: Stop faking on Richardson - everyone knows he's the leading candidate for VP. For once I'd love to see a full ticket declare BEFORE the primaries.
What will those questions look like?
I won't and can't answer for the Republicans on this, not being a Republican, but I do wonder what the youtube questions for those candidates will look like? I thought the questions posed to the Democrats were actually left-leaning questions that were meant to reveal certain conservative tendencies amongst the democratic candidates. (Oh you want to fight poverty by raising the minimum wage, but could you live on it?) With this crop of Republican candidates, I think it would be interesting to see the reverse--a set of right-leaning questions meant to reveal various liberal tendencies. But I don't know if the folks who would ask those questions are going to embrace the youtube format. I'm not necessarily saying youtube is a liberal space (maybe?) but I suspect that the candidates would basically get the same questions.
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Wingbats maybe, but it is the base...
Not being a Republican, I shouldn't comment on this either, but I wonder if the Republican candidates don't want to take any questions from the base because it could kill them in the general election.
Most Republican base voters don't have opinions that are shared by the general public. Any questions about abortion, gay rights, immigration, the Iraq War are troubling. How do you say that you are for the Iraq War in the primary (as primary voters want) and then say that you support a drawdown in troops in the general election (as a majority of all voters feel) without looking like a flip-flopper?
I don't think Republicans with an eye on the White House want to appease the base right now, but sometimes you gotta dance with the one that brought 'ya.
Touche!
What about John Edwards and other democrats ducking out of the FNC debate? I think your question (re: snowman and terrorists) is valid, but the moderate media outlets asked the same question of the democrats months ago. What's the phrase I am thinking of? Ah yes. Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot.
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