Daily Digest: 7/30/07

Joshua Levy — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:11:05 -0400

The Web on the Candidates

Mitt Romney -- he who lives in fear of talking snowmen -- was on CSPAN2 last week, attempting to explain his hesitation to participate in a YouTube-sponsored Republican debate. David All transcribed part of the conversation at TechRepublican: "I hope that uh... we find a way of either using questions that happen to show a degree of respect, whether they come from YouTube or other sources, but the kind of cartoon, uh questions and so forth are probably not uh, not ideal, for a presidential debate." Sigh. All, Patrick Ruffini, and others have launched SaveTheDebate.com, a site asking Romney and Rudy Giuliani (who has also signaled that he has "scheduling conflicts") to "reconsider any decision to snub the critical January 29th primary state of Florida and 51 million unique YouTube users." (the site was featured this morning on Dennis Miller radio.)

Meanwhile, Think Progress reports that CNN has "called [the Republicans'] bluff" and postponed the debate. Jose Antonio Vargas, writing in the The Trail, the Washington Post's campaign diary (it's not a blog, it's a diary!) writes that, according to CNN, that Romney may join after all if the debate can be pushed back.

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Daily Digest: 7/30/07