If they can pick questions from a liberal perspective for the dems why can't they get conservative ones for the republicans? I mean there is somebody who decides which questions are asked isnt there? Get Glenn Beck or somebody everyone is agreeable to.

I don't think blowing it off is a good idea.

Michelle Malkin says it pretty well:

I know. The CNN/YouTube Democrat debate was a circus. I said so. But Republicans shouldn’t sit out their turn. And conservatives shouldn’t abandon YouTube to the moonbats and jihadists. The GOP candidates should see it as an opportunity.

If the questions are stupid, say so.

If the forum is biased, say so.

Wouldn’t it be a breath of fresh air to see a Republican candidate take command, show some intestinal fortitude, and kick some MSM/left-wing assets?

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I oringally DVR'd the first YouTube debate. But after hearing that a snowman was given airtime I deleted the recording. We are electing our President, the leader of the free world. The candidates shouldn't belittle themselves, their consituents, or the office of the President by participating in such a sophomorish and side-show-like affair.

Not going with the MSM is the right move, the only place where we are going to get reasonable questions with informative answers is Fox News or Town Hall or Newsbusters, etc.  We wasted our time with the last MSM sponsored debate for Repubs, we learned our lesson so why in blazes should we make that mistake again?????????????

No GOP candidate should kowtow to the libs or their Dem mouthpiece the MSM. 

I want real questions on real subjects like:  when are you going to put up the fence?  how long is it going to be and how long do you expect it to take?  Are you going to enforce immigration Law?  Are you going to deal with the Sanctuary cities who have in effect obstructed justice by refusing to turn known illegals in trouble with the law over to ICE?  Are you going to reduce the prison population by 600,000+ of illegals by immediate deportation?  Are you going to help poor people by forcing each company you find hiring illegals to certify they have filled the job with an American?

Would you consider invading Iran if they set off a nuke device of any kind for any reason including testing?  We need to scare the crap out of Iran like Reagan did, remember what happened with feckless Carter and the hostages, the Iranians were so afraid of Reagan they immediately turned over the hostages. 

Is your goal in foreign policy to get the world to like us or represent and advance the interests of the US?  What are the interests of the US in the world as you see it?

Will you consider pulling out of the UN?  a useless corrupt organization that accomplishes nothing except the prolonging of genocide in Darfur?

meat and potatoes questions, etc. 

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"

This is where the GOP screws up all the time.  They should definitely go to the debate and be ready to take on any worthy or inane question that comes along. If they get a B.S. question, identify it as such and answer it anyway... 

i.e. let's say a question comes in which is obviously designed to perpetuate the myth that Republicans are greedy...the candidate could answer by pointing out the mean-spirited and prejudiced nature of the question, then point out all the filthy rich and greedy Democrats, and finally, after putting the Libtard in his place, giving the correct answer...

By staying away they could be blowing a big PR opportunity for themselves and the Party...

Questions of bias asside, the CNN/You Tube debates were silly and demeaning. Their ratings were atrocious. I think the Republican candidiates are best advised to avoid answering questions from men dressed as clowns.

I guess I'm going against the grain here, but I don't think the Republicans should participate in the CNN/YouTube debates.

Whats the point and what is to be gained so early in the process? It's has more of a whiz bang element to it than a substational, meaningful debate.

I say take a pass and look for more appropriate venues than the flavor of the month approach.

to paraphase Roger Ailes, Fox CEO

"The Candidates Who Can’t Face YouTube, Can’t Face Al Qaeda".

 If the Republicans don't go to this debate they'll be making a big mistake.  I agree with the strategy that says, if the question is just b.s., call it for what it is. 

We all know that CNN picked the questions for the Dems and the majority of them were softballs.  We also know that, with Republicans, not only will there be a high hard one, but also some curves and sliders thrown in.  Knowing that, like during the debate on MSNBC, you can control you own destiny with the answers to these questions. 

The Republicans have something the Democrats don't have, convictions.  They have conviction and shouldn't be afraid to express them.  The Democrats know, if they express their convictions, they lose the election, so they have to tap-dance around all the issues.

Never argue with an idiot.  They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

The Republicans would be well advised to stay at least one light year away from the YouSuck "debates" -- I'm sorry, I mean YouTube.

Have you ever seen a more hideous collection of Carny freaks -- I expected to see the Elephant Man and Zelda the Bearded Woman as the last two in line.

Don't fall for this idiotic line that it's "essential" to show how the candidates are "hip" to the new "technology" man.

Give me a frackin' break.  Why not argue that thirty years ago they should have had a debate sponsored by CBS and CB radio.

"Ten four, roger that, smokey bear.. I'd like to ask candidate Reagan.. blah"

It's already depressing enough to think Americans could vote any of those Dwarfocrats into office, as what used to be called: leader of the free world.

But to have to endure seeing them give any credence to a question from a frigging Snowman who is clearly mentally unstable.

Below the dignity of a President?? How about below the dignity of a Bozo the Clown?
 
And to call Barry Obama an empty suit is to over praise him.
 
He's an empty space-suit floating aimlessly in the vast empty vacuum of space.
 
It's like listening to the smarmy high school class "radical" mega-mouth who spews childish lefty platitudes which he smugly thinks he just minted himself.
 
Hope the Republicans aren't going down that particular U-tube.

Check out my latest YouTube...but only if you support the troops and their mission: Better Men Than Me/The Battle For Fallujah

What does Romney have to gain by speaking so arrogantly. Even if what he says is partially true, these candidates should take advantage of the CNN/YouTube debate. It is quite popular with the younger, college crowd and that is important at the polls.