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| GOP hopefuls step into unknown at CNN/YouTube debate |
| 2007-11-29 |
| Eight Republican presidential hopefuls are preparing for a challenge unlike anything they've faced as they step onto the stage for their party's first CNN/YouTube debate Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Republican hopefuls will face off Wednesday in a CNN/YouTube debate, just as Democrats did in July. The candidates will be fielding video questions submitted by the public via the YouTube Web site, just as Democratic White House candidates did in July. CNN's political team has viewed nearly 5,000 videos for the GOP debate -- about 2,000 more than they saw for the Democrats' debate. The issues on the minds of the YouTube voters in this debate, to be televised on CNN at 8 p.m. ET, are vastly different from what came in for the Democrats, said Sam Feist, CNN's political director. The topics that came up most often for the GOP debate included immigration, conservative values, economic issues and taxes, according to David Bohrman, Washington bureau chief and senior vice president for CNN. While CNN producers won't say which 40 or so questions are going to make the cut, viewers can expect to see divisive questions, controversial questions, and questions that will set the candidates apart. "This debate is to let Republican voters pick from among their eight candidates," Bohrman said. "We are trying to focus mostly on questions where there are differences among these candidates." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 As I type this, Limbaugh is dragging a five bottom plow across CNN's face over the issue. Listening to Limbaugh should be a requirement. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-11-29 13:20 |
| #7 Turns out General Kerr was also on the Veterans for Kerry steering committee. CNN has gone way past blatant bias. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-11-29 12:00 |
| #6 CNN has once again screwed the viewers of the Republican debate. See who was which YouTube videos When clowns like CNN's senior vice president David Bohrman and the rest of the CNN political team are the ones selecting the videos, it is no surprise. Here is why, see this video to see what they have been doing to us. |
| Posted by: Tom 2007-11-29 11:03 |
| #5 Unknown: that teh ghey general was working for the Clinton Campaign. Completely unknown to Anderson Cooper. No idea. Nope. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-11-29 10:23 |
| #4 I watched parts of it. Appeared to me that Huckabee came out good as they gave him a few softball questions about religion - he's a preacher so that was like putting an eclair in front of rosie o'donnel and expecting it not to get devoured. I'm so sick of hearing other GOP'ers talking about staying home next Nov. Grow up people - you may not like rudy, mitt or whoever but if you don't vote - then yes, you are partially to blame for a victory by "her thighness" Hilary Rotten Clinton. Either way, whoever the trunks pick I'll vote for whether I have to hold my nose or not remains to be seen. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-11-29 08:09 |
| #3 It means Ron Paul got way too much air time. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-11-29 02:13 |
| #2 Hunter & Tancredo are men of few words who don't beat around the bush? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-11-29 00:33 |
| #1 Well... I did a crude word count (words spoken) at the debate : Giuliani - 3409 Romney - 3228 Huckabee - 2048 McCain - 2042 Thompson - 1806 Paul - 1422 Hunter - 905 Tancredo - 859 What does it mean? LOL... Who knows? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2007-11-29 00:28 |