"It's not a big truck; it's a series of tubes."

CNN hosted a Democratic Debate on Monday with a little a help from the same magical elves who brought you such favorites as Laughing Baby and Pixies lip-syncing.

Yes, that's right. YouTube.

I don't have cable. Nor have I actively followed the debate trail thus far.

But with the help of the internets and the 154 billion dollar Google empire, I was able to watch footage of the debate conveniently broken down by question topic.

I, for one, liked the format.

The YouTubbers threw a dash of personality into the otherwise typical debate proceedings and even occasionally spun the questions in provocative directions.

"Would you work for Minimum wage?" was a particular favorite. And the marriage debate gained an added dimension when it was directly addressed by a homosexual [no, not Anderson Cooper].

The candidates, of course, took this opportunity to fall back on campaign messaging.

Our brand is stasis, I guess.