We have had yet another online debate (YAOD), and once again, the Democratic candidates have been first to participate, with the Republicans nowhere in sight.

As the guy who was all hot and bothered about the YouTube debate snub, let me add a dose of reality to this discussion. The Republican debate isn't happening because the Huffington Post and Slate are Yahoo's chief co-sponsors. Something like 44 of 53 Slate staffers openly declared their preference for John Kerry in the last election. Nothing more needs to be said about Arianna's current political leanings.

This is the Mark Cuban theory applied to online politics. Read on.