Nevada Debate Preview: Crazy juice v. monkey-troubled spending

Next week, Nevada Senate candidates Sharron Angle and Harry Reid will square off in their only debate of the election season - and some of the questions will come from you, through a partnership between YouTube and the Nevada Broadcasters' Association. Want your voice to be heard? You can submit your questions now at www.youtube.com/nevadadebate.

Both candidates been using YouTube creatively to their advantage so, in advance of the debate, let's take a look at their best "made-for-YouTube" work. First up, here's a video that was just released today from the Reid campaign accusing Angle of drinking the "crazy juice" (+1 for the "spiked with DeMint line - clever):



This Angle video also definitely plays the humor card, chiding Reid on his wasteful spending by introducing some colorful examples of stimulus expenditures:



These two videos are definitely entertaining but we're hoping that the debate next week covers serious issues as well - especially the ones that matter to you.

Tonight: the UK’s first ever election debate

In 1960, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy squared off in the first-ever televised debate in the United States. The debate made history and many say was a determining factor in the election's outcome.

Tonight, history will be made in the UK as Labour leader and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Conservative leader David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats' Nick Clegg participate in the first-ever, live television debate to decide the UK's next P.M.. The debate will air at 8:30 p.m. UK time tonight on ITV and on BBC 4 Radio. Afterward, anyone in the world can tune into YouTube to watch the debate in its entirety, as well as clips of the top moments, on ITV's YouTube channel.

You also have the opportunity to pose your own questions to the candidates in the YouTube/Facebook Digital Debate. Brown, Cameron and Clegg will answer your top-voted questions about the most pressing issues facing the United Kingdom. Already, over 1500 questions have been asked and 60,000 votes have been cast through Google Moderator on YouTube and Facebook. Add your voice to the debate today:

Gay Marriage Stays in the YouTube Hot Seat

During the 2008 election, California's Proposition 8, a proposal to ban gay marriage in the state, was one of the most hotly debated items on the ballot. Both proponents and opponents of Prop 8 used YouTube liberally to get their message out to California voters.

Proposal 8 passed on November 4, but recently a new crop of YouTube videos have recently sprung up in an attempt to overturn it, including this one from the Courage Campaign:



This video, as well as those on the opposing side, have sparked vociferous comments, both for and against gay marriage. If these comments are any indication, it looks like this is a YouTube debate that's far from over.