Tonight\'\'s Republican Presidential Debate and CNN\'\'s venture into using about 40 \"YouTube\" potential questions has changed this 2008 Presidential Contest into a \"Gotcha\" affair, where candidate(s) will end up being the \"quote of the evening\" in the coming days. Since those being questioned have no idea what will be asked, the Media, which has been criticized for years as being too Liberal or Conservative gets a \"free pass\" by allowing this new technology to replace the tough questions that every print or broadcast journalist should be asking. Voter\'\'s or those not registered who will be asking the questions through \"YouTube\" should have every right to become a part of the Electoral process in choosing our next President. So after the debate is followed by video replays of the best questions asked, which then will be picked apart by the very Journalists most American\'\'s don\'\'t trust, what has the potential voter gained in learning more about each candidate? What we still have are the \"talking heads\" telling us what\'\'s happened, what to expect next, and on and on. In the meantime, each candidate from both parties have to get to those $1,000-$2,000 or more fundraisers where the REAL opinions are embedded in each candidate\'\'s psyche. And possible future jobs in the new administration in January 2009 are at stake. In conclusion, yes, there is a new technology being used in this election cycle to add to the overall debate, but when it\'\'s all said and done, it\'\'s politics as usual when the \"YouTube\" questioner becomes a media darling for several days, leading Americans to think how great it is that regular people can become part of the process, when in reality, it\'\'s \"K\" Street and the big money donors who will ultimately decide our next President as they have done for years. Wake me up when this nonsense ends. Because that\'\'s what Presidential campaigns have become over the past decades.

Tonight''s Republican Presidential Debate and CNN''s venture into using about 40 "YouTube" potential questions has changed this 2008 Presidential Contest into a "Gotcha" affair, where candidate(s) will end up being the "quote of the evening" in the coming days.
Since those being questioned have no idea what will be asked, the Media, which has been criticized for years as being too Liberal or Conservative gets a "free pass" by allowing this new technology to replace the tough questions that every print or broadcast journalist should be asking.
Voter''s or those not registered who will be asking the questions through "YouTube" should have every right to become a part of the Electoral process in choosing our next President.
So after the debate is followed by video replays of the best questions asked, which then will be picked apart by the very Journalists most American''s don''t trust, what has the potential voter gained in learning more about each candidate?
What we still have are the "talking heads" telling us what''s happened, what to expect next, and on and on.
In the meantime, each candidate from both parties have to get to those $1,000-$2,000 or more fundraisers where the REAL opinions are embedded in each candidate''s psyche. And possible future jobs in the new administration in January 2009 are at stake.
In conclusion, yes, there is a new technology being used in this election cycle to add to the overall debate, but when it''s all said and done, it''s politics as usual when the "YouTube" questioner becomes a media darling for several days, leading Americans to think how great it is that regular people can become part of the process, when in reality, it''s "K" Street and the big money donors who will ultimately decide our next President as they have done for years.
Wake me up when this nonsense ends. Because that''s what Presidential campaigns have become over the past decades.