Them tubes are scary

Published: July 27, 2007, 8:37 pm

Tags: president, 2008

The Democratic YouTube/CNN debate got rave reviews. The Republican one, well, probably won't happen. 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. Scheduling conflicts? Lack of decorum? Lack of seriousness? What are these squares suddenly afraid of? 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

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