“A Do-Over Debate”

Redstate and Human events have a proposal for the Republican candidates.

We have a base of readers who represent the Republican wing of the Republican Party. You – and the Republican Party – deserve to face the questions posed by undecided Republicans, not Democratic activists. We will solicit and obtain YouTube videos from those people and vet each questioner to establish that they are – really – - undecided Republicans. We hope to include soldiers in the field in Iraq, Young Republicans, and others who still have not decided among you.

Today, allow us to make you this offer: We will organize a debate at a time and date amenable to you all. We will work with a national broadcaster to broadcast the debate as well as offer it online. We, not the liberal drive by media, will ensure the questioners are who they say they are. And we will choose them based on criteria that will be fully disclosed to you all which ensure the questioners aren’t activists for any Democratic candidate.

If we’re bound and determined to do this whole “debate by citizen’s video” thing (and I’m not convinced that it’s such a good idea), this is a heck of an opportunity for the Republican candidates to show the Democrats, CNN, and the voters that you can collect substantive and serious questions and use them to fuel an interesting and lively debate.

I think the candidates need to jump on this without delay.

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Category: Oh, THAT liberal media., The 2008 Horse Race