There is a lot of talk going around the blogs right now about the Republican debate on September 17th that will be  hosted by YouTube and CNN.  Should they participate or shouldn't they?  Now, I will be the first to admit that the Dems. debate hosted by the same two entities was at times (many times, actually) ridiculous.  The snowman comes to mind (wonder what the poor snowman thought of the garbage left behind after the hardly watched Climate Change concert...not to mention all of the private jets used to fly in the musicians).  As usual, hotair.com has some great thoughts on the September debate and you can check them out HERE and HERE.
After reading quite a few different takes on this, there is one thing that I keep coming back to.  The Dems. refuse to participate in a debate on Fox News, apparently because they cannot withstand the harsh questioning from Brit Hume and Chris Wallace.  Well, if the Repubs. refuse to do the YouTube/CNN debate, then they will have lowered themselves to the Dems. level.  One thing that is supposed to separate our party from theirs, is that ours is not afraid to answer questions, even if they are coming from an obviously biased source like CNN.  What I'm finding interesting, is that the base of the Dems. party have pushed their candidates not to do a debate on Fox News, while the base of the Repubs. are pushing their candidates to do the YouTube/CNN debate.  While I would much rather see a debate where Brit Hume or Chris Wallace are asking questions, lets be fair.  Anderson Cooper does not strike me as an ego-maniac like the blow hard Chris Matthews is.  The Republican candidates should participate in this debate.  If nothing else, it will show voters that our candidates are willing to compete in the arena of ideas, regardless of who is moderating or asking the questions.  The Dems. can't make the same claim.   This is an opportunity to once again show the country a stark difference between our party and theirs.