YouTube video debate actually worked
 

*Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/YouTube+video+de...ag=nefd.lede)*
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It may have seemed wacky at first, but the idea of allowing Americans to pose questions to presidential candidates through brief YouTube videos turned out to be a success.

The video questions (http://www.youtube.com/debates) posed in Monday's Democratic debate were more personal and more direct than the circumlocutions that political journalists tend to prefer, which I admit may not be a compliment to our profession.

But the problem was that the politicians ducked, weaved and often replied without giving a straight answer.

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