Tea Party Group Plans Presidential Debate on Twitter

[meegbear]

TheTeaParty.net, a mysterious Arizona-based group, says it will host a presidential debate Wednesday on Twitter.

An email sent Tuesday from the group’s founder listed former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Herman Cain, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) as confirmed participants and asked supporters to thank “the presidential candidates who have showed the courage to participate in the .”

But at least one of those candidates doesn’t know anything about the event.

“I’m not entirely sure what you’re referring to,” Alex Conant, spokesman for Pawlenty, told Roll Call when asked about the debate. “We are not confirmed to participate in the TheTeaParty.net debate.”

Representatives for Bachmann, Cain and Santorum confirmed that their campaigns are on board.

The 90-minute debate, which will begin at 3 p.m., will be conducted entirely via Twitter using the handle @140townhall. The public may submit questions, and the candidates may use as many 140-character tweets as they want to respond. They will also be able to post three-minute videos with opening and closing statements.

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http://www.rollcall.com/news/tea_party_group_plans_presidential_debate_on_twitter-207322-1.html

This outta be fun.

[babylonsister]

1. This is a riot and so very sad at the same time. They get to use

a whopping 140 characters to discuss such serious issues? I wonder if this is a reflection of the collective attention spans out there.

[11 Bravo]

2. 140 characters should be enough for Bachmann to tell us everything she knows.

[HopeHoops]

3. Twits with nothing more than 140 characters to say.

[EFerrari]

4. This is a great idea. Keep them off camera.

lol

[NightWatcher]

5. wow, what a lineup. reminds me of when they threw Dole against Clinton

are they really even trying this time, or just making money and getting their names out ahead of 2016?

[lame54]

6. how fitting...

what a bunch of twits