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After Democratic candidates answered questions submitted through YouTube in July, their Republican counterparts agreed to participate in the same format. Whatever one's thoughts may have been about the Democratic version of the YouTube debate on July 23rd, the Republicans will have their chance to take part in this Internet-fueled experiment in participatory democracy.

CNN will begin airing the YouTube Debate this evening, with questions coming from people submitting them on video via Google’s sharing service.

Google policy counsel Pablo Chavez said on the company's Public Policy Blog nearly 5,000 questions had been submitted for consideration.

"And with a little more than a month before the first votes are cast in the Iowa caucuses, the debate promises fireworks as each of the candidates tries to set himself apart in one of the most competitive and least settled primary races in the Republican party's history," said Chavez.

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