YouTube and Republican candidates
Submitted from Presidential Race Blog
Considering the overwhelming positive reaction that the YouTube debate has created, it is no surprise that questions for the Republican version of the debate are growing by leaps and bounds. The average joe wants to both be heard and get an answer to the questions they have and believe are important for the next President. The format has been noted to be preferred by most who saw the debates, over the more classic and softball laden traditional format.
Given this type of response, and the attention it has received, you might expect that the Republican candidates are looking forward to this format. That would be incorrect though. At this time only 2 have confirmed they will appear. Those 2 are Senator McCain and Representative Ron Paul, neither a frontrunner in current polls.
Why would Republican candidates not want to show up? I found a site with several answers on why it is important that the frontrunners, and the rest of the field do show up.
Some of the points are quite valid:
