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SNOWMAN SAYS CHILL OUT
Romney Criticizes Debate Format, Draws Reaction From YouTube Star
Billiam the Snowman -- the star of the Democratic CNN-YouTube last month and who was created by two brothers in Minneapolis -- has a message for Mitt Romney:
"Lighten up slightly," the snowman tells the former Massachusetts governor in a YouTube video, a riff on a Romney quote from the campaign.
Romney, who won Saturday's Iowa straw poll, was the lone GOP holdout when CNN announced Nov. 28 as the new date for CNN-YouTube Republican debate yesterday, an event where candidates will field questions directly from voters -- or directly from voter-produced videos.
Steve Grove, head of news and politics at YouTube, said that more than 1,100 videos have been submitted, and the popular video-sharing site will allow its users to upload their videos until Nov. 27. Some of the questions already submitted to the GOP candidates include a 21-year-old asking the thrice-married Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, if he really has the character for the presidency, and a 26-year-old Mormon asking Romney, also a Mormon, to explain his changing views on abortion.
But Romney, who has criticized the format and said that "the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman," has yet to commit to the debate. Kevin Madden, Romney's spokesman, said in an interview yesterday, "The proposed date is still well over three months away, so we haven't yet finalized any schedule plans that far in advance."
-- Jose Antonio Vargas
