CNN and YouTube, and the Next U.S. President

by Steve Inskeep, NPR

Thousands posted questions on YouTube.com for the Democratic presidential candidates who will gather in South Carolina for a debate. The video-sharing Web site is teaming up with CNN for the forum, another sign of the prominence of new media in the old business of elections.

Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin wants Congress to censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney for his management of the war in Iraq and his assault against the Constitution. But Feingold's own party leader in the Senate showed little interest in the idea.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, July 23, 2007