That's it!

TRex figures out why the Rethugs are so scared of participating in a YouTube debate. It isn't so much that they are scared of facing the general public's questions (though I'm sure it's a big part of it), it's that they're afraid of letting America see who actually supports them:

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Let’s get something straight here. The reason the Republicans are running from a YouTube debate has nothing to do with embarrassing themselves and everything to do with the horror that is the Republican base (see video above). Imagine a whole two hour debate composed entirely of questions from men lovingly cradling their assault rifles, matronly polyester-swathed frumps of much avoirdupois braying and squawking about abstinence-only education and the danger of Harry Potter in our schools, angry old men taking a break from standing on their porches shouting, “Get the hell out of my yard!” to stare Mike Gravel-like into the camera and demand to know what the candidates plan to do about “th’ dayumn Mexicans”.

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They don't want the rest of the country to know what we in Left Blogtopia (y!sctp!) have known for years; that the true Republican base is made up of racists, bigots, fundamentalists, and nutcases.