CNN/YouTube Republican Debate: Major players onboard…
CNN put out a release this afternoon announcing that the eight major Republican candidates for President have agreed to appear on the CNN/YouTube debate…
CNN, YouTube and the Republican Party of Florida today announced that the eight major Republican candidates running for president – Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sen. John McCain, Rep. Ron Paul, Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Tom Tancredo and Sen. Fred Thompson – will participate in their first-of-its-kind Republican primary debate scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg, Fla. CNN’s Anderson Cooper will moderate this program designed to allow voters, no matter where they live, ask questions of the candidates for this country’s highest office.
CNN also announced that the ground-breaking program will broadcast live from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. (ET) on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Airport Network and CNN Radio and stream live on CNN.com, ensuring that people around the country and the world can watch these candidates’ answers to lively and thoughtful questions coming exclusively from their fellow citizens via video.
Like the Democratic CNN/YouTube/South Carolina Democratic Party debate, this innovative, live forum will feature video questions submitted to YouTube that will be broadcast and answered by the candidates on CNN. Over 2,225 questions have been submitted thus far; online users are able to submit their video queries through Sunday, Nov. 25 at www.youtube.com/debates or www.rpof.org or www.cnn.com/youtubedebates.
Well atleast the Republicans have some guts to go into the lion’s den of CNN where they’ll be set-up big time…while the Dems run like scared little girls from mean ol’FOX
Comment by mlong — October 29, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
really, i didn’t see any republicans get set-up on CNN? btw, most people, even Dem voters, want the candidates to debate on Fox.
Comment by Aaron — October 29, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
To mlong:
I don’t really view CNN as the “lion’s den” for Republicans — this is, after all, the network (through its affiliate Headline News) that is home to rabid right-winger and world class idiot Glenn Beck. Frankly, speaking as an avowed liberal, I view CNN as having a fairly conservative bent — which means that they are probably pretty near the middle of the road, politically speaking. Generally, at least until recently, they have been far too complacent in the current administration’s efforts to spin the news to be considered a liberal network.
People who accuse the mainstream media of being liberal should take time to consider that most of the major news outlets in this country are under the control of a very small number of very large corporations. And very large corporations are not generally known for being politically liberal. For-profit corporations exist for one purpose, and one purpose only: maximizing shareholder wealth. Thus, they tend to be pretty conservative (at least economically speaking) in terms of their politics. Socially, they will generally take their cues from the communities they serve to the extent that they express a political opinion, because that is what is best for business.
Fox News, on the other hand, is unquestionably a right-wing mouthpiece. I agree that it makes no sense for any Democratic Party presidential debate to take place on a network that can’t even get the party’s name correct — insisting as they do on referring to them as the “Democrat Party” in all their news coverage. This does not make the Democrats cowards. This merely demonstrates that they recognize that what is put forth on the Fox News Channel as news is in fact largely right-wing propaganda and Republican Party talking points.
Fox News is “fair and balanced” the way that the old Soviet newspaper Pravda — the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party during the Cold War — was about “truth” (the English translation of its name). Which is to say, not at all.
Comment by jane doe — October 30, 2007 @ 11:01 am
Having Glenn Beck on CNN is a result of CNN trying to shed its ultra liberl image. It certainly has gotten better in recent years, but remember back in the day it was far more partisan than FOX, it just did not get noticed because it was matching a liberal satus quo.
I expect to see Mike Huckabee shine now that he is officially first tier and getting questions in a forum he is bound to excel in. I believe that it was him and McCain that spearheaded the entrance into the debate and forced everyone elses cards.
Comment by chukmaty — October 30, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
Once again everyone will see Dr. Ron Paul shine in the midst of any question (YouTuber or Not). He is gaining headway and he is going to shock a lot of people I think, because compared to the other Republican candidates you’ll see how ridiculous their mindsets are compared to whats right….THE CONSTITUTION!!
Comment by Alex Hamill — November 26, 2007 @ 6:19 am
I’ve heard so many arguements against the mainstream media not being liberally lopsided, I’m thinking of writing a book. Seriously, its really good stuff, worthy of entertainment on par with any good work of fiction. You media puppets (Democrats) who have not an original thought in your gullable brains provide HOURS AND HOURS of quality reading, and as a capitalist Republican “NeoCon”, I’d like to cash in and make a few bucks on your hilariously fulfilling nonsense– because you see, thats what us evil Republicans believe in… finding opportunites to be successful, not waiting for the government to give us stuff for nothing and mooch off the working people. Its a tough concept, I know, but if you think abuot it, it actually works. You folks should give it a shot sometime…I mean, after all, employing those ideals is what has made the Untied States of America such a great country for the past 225+ years.
Comment by ErikTheRed — November 26, 2007 @ 7:25 am
The Republican party used to be the pro small government party. The neocons turned it into the pro bigger government party.
Comment by Denis — November 28, 2007 @ 12:54 am
to ErikTheRed:
Too late. Shills like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reily beat you to it. I’m assuming you want to continue labeling Muslims as insane and worthy of destruction…
You realize, largely, that’s the same thing they do to the US: Muslim extremists label us and want to destroy our nation.
It’s funny how NeoCons refuse to spend for illegal immigrants but will gladly destroy bridges in another country and then pay to rebuild them! Oh yes, we won’t pay for our own issues, we’ll just create them abroad and then pay huge sums of money to fix them! That makes sense.
Warren Buffet is the second richest man in the world and he’s an extreme opportunist, self-successful man and he’s a Democrat. Not all Democrats are looking for handouts and not all Republicans want to police the world.
BTW: I’m a registered Republican, college grad from the West Coast and child of lower middle class. So, pick me apart all you want. I’m just giving you all the context of my comment.
Comment by Matthew C — November 28, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
Surprisingly well-written and informative for a free online artilce.
Comment by Makailee — September 20, 2011 @ 5:01 pm