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The Rudy Giuliani campaign has cited scheduling conflicts in saying it will skip the Republican version of this week's Democratic debate, while Mitt Romney has mocked the seriousness of the questions and also seems likely to withdraw. John McCain, one of two candidates who had agreed to participate (Ron Paul is the other), has also expressed doubts about the Democratic debate's level of decorum and aides say he may reconsider his commitment. Undeclared candidate Fred Thompson may still not officially be in the race by the event's Sept. 17 airdate.
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Still, some Republicans worry that shying away from YouTube will make their candidates seem technophobic or out of touch. Patrick Ruffini, a G.O.P. online political strategist, wrote on his blog: "It's stuff like this that will set the G.O.P. back an election cycle or more on the Internet." Democratic consultants are rubbing their hands together at being able to portray their general election rivals as being — as one put it to me — "afraid of snowmen" or simply ignorant of techonologies that many Americans use on a daily basis. Indeed, Governor Romney today, in the context of evincing concern over Internet predators, supported that suspicion: "YouTube looked to see if they had any convicted sex offenders on their web site. They had 29,000," he said, mistaking the debate co-sponsor for the social network MySpace, which has recently done a purge of sex offenders from its rolls.
The Republican Party... the party for old people.
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Re: Technophobic GOP candidates likely to skip CNN/YouTube debate
That's pretty pathetic if they do. Most pundits thought the Dem debate was very well done and entertaining. I agree. Some of the gimmicks in the youtube questions were kind of silly, but it created a much more interesting environment and kept the candidates on their toes.
That said, I like Thompson's approach. Not declaring until late, so that his liberal past doesn't get too much scrutiny and so he doesn't have to prepare for too many debates. The old coot is known for being lazy, so I guess he figures the longer he waits the less energy he has to exert. Dole sort of did that, too. Never campaigned too hard.
And as far as the Republican Party being the party of old people, you're right (though we shouldn't forget that old people are more likely to vote than young people):
For Democrats, the most interesting trend is the GOP’s age demographics, which have skewed dramatically older over the decade. The percentage of Republicans age 55 and older grew from 28 percent in 1997 to 41 percent now, while the number of 18- to 37-year-olds dropped from 25 percent to 17 percent.
Re: Technophobic GOP candidates likely to skip CNN/YouTube debate
They'd be just as dumb as I thought the Dems were for skipping the Fox debate. Of course, the people criticizing the GOP right now, were all giddy and supportive of the Dems for dooing what the GOP might this time around. It's good to see how honest, objective, and spade calling most people are.
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Re: Technophobic GOP candidates likely to skip CNN/YouTube debate
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They'd be just as dumb as I thought the Dems were for skipping the Fox debate. Of course, the people criticizing the GOP right now, were all giddy and supportive of the Dems for dooing what the GOP might this time around. It's good to see how honest, objective, and spade calling most people are.
that last line wasnt a racist shot at Obama was it?
Re: Technophobic GOP candidates likely to skip CNN/YouTube debate
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Originally Posted by Real World
They'd be just as dumb as I thought the Dems were for skipping the Fox debate. Of course, the people criticizing the GOP right now, were all giddy and supportive of the Dems for doing what the GOP might this time around. It's good to see how honest, objective, and spade calling most people are.
I'm consistent. I welcomed the Democrats boycotting Fox and I welcome the Republicans boycotting Youtube. In both cases it's a good move for the Democrats. That explains why you oppose what both the Republicans and Democrats are doing. They are hurting your party and helping the Democrats.
On July 23, all eight Democratic presidential candidates participated in the CNN/YouTube debate. By uploading a 30-second video to YouTube, “voters could directly question a presidential candidate during the debate.” Steve Grove, YouTube’s news and politics editor, called this new debate format “more democratic than ever.”
Yet so far, just three Republican presidential candidates — Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and as of yesterday, Tommy Thompson — have confirmed that they will participate in the Sept. 17 debate.
Both former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney have said that they have scheduling conflicts. CNN has called their bluff. The website for Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) reports today that CNN has postponed the September debate:
On July 23, all eight Democratic presidential candidates participated in the CNN/YouTube debate. By uploading a 30-second video to YouTube, “voters could directly question a presidential candidate during the debate.” Steve Grove, YouTube’s news and politics editor, called this new debate format “more democratic than ever.”
Yet so far, just three Republican presidential candidates — Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and as of yesterday, Tommy Thompson — have confirmed that they will participate in the Sept. 17 debate.
Both former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney have said that they have scheduling conflicts. CNN has called their bluff. The website for Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) reports today that CNN has postponed the September debate:
Think they were bullied by moveon.org to skip it or face the their rath? Seriously though. I think they would be making a mistake just as the dems did by skipping the Fox debate(chicken *****s). If they want the young vote here's a perfect opportunity to make their case. Somehow though I think the righty haters will come out to try embarass the candidates so they better be prepared. I think the questions will be more like attacks and accusations than actual questions. Mark my words on that. These will be way worse than anything Brit Hume would have posed.
Technophobic GOP candidates likely to skip CNN/YouTube debate
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