Women make up 54 percent of the population, 55 percent of registered voters and 60 percent of the electorate.

In all recent elections, women have outvoted men (in terms of both turnout rates and actual numbers) in every racial and ethnic group - African American, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and white.

So, when CNN/YouTube/Google selected only 24% of the questions as female questions - they created a tremendous credibility and gender gap with the majority of the electorate.

Please read my recent blog entry -
Almost 9 Million More Women - YouTube Blew It?
at EverydayCitizen.com
for more thoughts on this subject.

I agree that this is potentially grounbreaking. And I agree that it would have been better in CNN organized the debate rather that control it.

But, from what I’ve seen, reporters and debate moderators can ask the tough questions. And candidates can give canned answers, twist the truth, and attack opponet…all instead of answering that tough question.

What makes you think that this will be different? Espceially without the benefit of the questioner sitting there with a follow up if the candidate dodged the question?

Jeff Jarvis, posting at both PresVid and his own BuzzMachine, has some interesting thoughts on the CNN-YouTube presidential debates. My favorite quote:
…the YouTube debates are a crack in the wall of control of elections, politics, and media. Bring …