An unscientific Drudge poll showed 2008 US Presidential candidate Barack Obama way ahead of all other Democratic candidates following the much anticipated YouTube event shown Monday night on CNN. Obama received 37% of the overall vote early on. Hillary Clinton performed second best with 15% of the overall vote. John Edwards was among the lowest vote-getters with 5% of the vote count.
Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich were not trailing far behind Clinton.
Democratic presidential candidates faced questions directly from voters on Monday in the first CNN/YouTube debate.
Voters raised the issues of gay marriage, how to end the war in Iraq, how to better education and whether race was an issue in the response to Hurricane Katrina in the form of videos they shot of themselves and posted on YouTube.
The videos came in all forms -- people facing the camera straight-on, people in makeup, people with flashcards. And a talking snowman.
YouTube Debate Won By Obama Early