You Tube Debate: Mismanaged and Unproductive

Democrats run away from a Fox News hosted debate because of "bias" but Republicans participate in a CNN You-Debate hosted by none other than Anderson Cooper in which proponents of Hillary, Barack and John Edwards are chosen to ask questions of the Republicans. Does this sound right to you? Why aren't republican voters chosen as question-askers? It is the republican primary the candidates are campaigning for after all.

Oh, and then you have Anderson Cooper and CNN not doing the slightest bit of research on the questioners... Major Garrett reported on Fox this morning that a simple Google search tells you that the democratic questioners are supporting the respective candidates. Hmm.




And then there's the fist-fight that almost broke out.

Did anyone else notice that when Huckabee wanted to respond to Romney's accusations and ask Romney to allow him a chance to respond, Romney let him. But when it Romney's turn to respond, Huckabee wouldn't let him finish. Interesting.

And as for those of you who think Romney just says what will get him elected or that he doesn't answer the questions... let me remind you of this:

1. Huckabee constantly refers to his Christianity
2. Rudy's answers always come back to:
"George Will said I ran the most conservative government" (too bad the American Conservative Union endorsed Romney)
"I cut taxes 23 times"
"crime went down"
and "9/11."
3. Fred Thompson's wife is really the one running
4. Duncan Hunter only talks about the fence he built
5. Tom Tancredo focuses on immigration
6. McCain relies on his military service
7. Ron Paul is all about pulling the troops out of Iraq

Oh, and when Romney responded to the ad by Thompson, Romney at least gave a humble answer: "I was wrong." And he expanded to say that when it came time to make executive decisions about matters of life, that was when he sided with life. Not when he decided to run for president.

Anyway, the candidates have to say what they want to say during the short amount of time they have to say it because there are too many people running. Half of the candidates on the stage (Thompson, Hunter, Tancredo, McCain) shouldn't be wasting our time. If there were less people participating in the debates, there would be more time for substantive answers to the question at hand.

Oh, and why were Giuliani and Thompson placed in the middle? Does CNN not know that Huckabee, Giuliani and Romney are the 3 leaders?