Republicans probably not showing up at Republican YouTube debate:

Scared, stampeding elephants at PrezVid

I forget who griped about the Democrats not wanting to debate on Fox, but someone prominent said, “If they can’t handle Fox News, how are they going to handle terrorists?” (Probably Giuliani.) I hope someone prominent asks the same about them and YouTube. (Edit: Ah, there ya go.)

Update: Hey I just realized two things! One, after hearing Senator Webb use the phrase “writ large” so much recently, I finally get to use it in a sentence; two, the demeanor of both the political parties is this deal with Democrats/Fox and YouTube/Republicans writ large.

Democrats don’t want to debate on Fox because they fear the power of the corporation. Republicans don’t want to debate in the YouTube format because they fear the power of the people.

Goes to support this post. I’m sure there’s gotta be some psychology thesis here.