I am watching the CNN and YouTube Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate, and I have to say it is a very interesting experiment I would not mind seeing again.

In case you have never heard of this before, it is a joint venture between CNN and YouTube where they asked people to record videos where they ask the candidates questions and post them online. CNN filtered through the thousands of videos and is using 50 or so of them to ask the eight presidential hopefuls some tough questions.

So far it is better than I expected. Some of the questions are a little personal and in some cases the people who asked the question turn out to be sitting in the audience and get to ask follow up questions to make sure they’ve answered their question properly.

It’s really helping me get a better grip on the candidates, especially the curmudgeony Senator Mike Gravel. I have lost some interest in Edwards due to some of his comments about gay marriage and how he feels personally opposed to it. Kucinich and Biden are doing a good job at making good points and standing out from the crowd, but I don’t think it will make that much difference in the end.

There is still a lot of time left in the debate. Perhaps we will see Clinton or Obama say something embarrassing and they’ll be taken down in the polls.

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