YouTubers challenge Democratic candidates at CNN debate in South Carolina

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: YouTubers challenge with health care, Iraq questions


Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and Gov. Bill Richardson listen to YouTube questions.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) -- Democratic presidential candidates faced questions directly from voters on Monday in the first CNN/YouTube debate.

The lights and cameras were focused on the eight candidates, but it was the personal, heartfelt and, at times, comical nature of the user questions that stole the spotlight.

Questions included one from a father who lost a son in Iraq and wondered if he would lose another, a gay couple asking why they shouldn't be allowed to marry and a woman stricken with breast cancer who asked if her chance of survival would be better if she had health insurance.

Most observers agreed that none of the candidates debating at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, particularly outshined their rivals, doing nothing to challenge Sen. Hillary Clinton's position as the Democratic race's front-runner.

The videos came in all forms -- people facing the camera straight-on, people in makeup, people with flashcards. And a talking snowman.

Interspersed with the questions and answers were videos that the campaigns had produced themselves....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/debate.main/index.html

[emlev]

1. YouTubers? Are those Internet Couch Potatoes?

[anachro1]

2. What will the repubs do with this?

That was the most welcoming debate I have ever seen. People
were asking questions on topics that REALLY MATTER in our
world. I cannot wait to see the questions that Republicans
will ask their candidates:

Gay hatred, and how to finally legalize it.

Some nonsense about JEZUZ.

Some pointless shit about THE CHILDREN.

What country can we decimate next?

Should the flag be burned?

How can we stop stem cell research?

Are computers EVIL?

Republicans; you birthed this ugly little baby called the
Republican agenda - now we get to see you eat it.

[ronleslie]

3. Tried of the same, stale talk from the candidates? YouTube video takes a fresh look

Tired of the same, stale talk from the candidates?   For a
fresh look at what the Democratic Party should stand for, how
it should present itself to the American people, what
principles should govern its domestic and foreign policies,
and how it should differentiate itself from the Republicans,
look at the new video, “What Do Democrats Stand For?” on
YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6JX-W4iIkw