CITIZEN MEDIA PROS. Hey, will you look at that. You know those funny men with the thick Southern accents who asked the Democratic presidential contenders last night if their feelings were hurt by the way people keep talking about Al Gore joining the race? Turns out they’re a regular online comedy duo, Red State Update, and even have a weekly gig with Salon magazine.

This is where it would be nice if comments were working, because I’d ask if any one else can identify questioners from last night’s CNN/YouTube debate as online media personalities rather than random citizens. Alas, we’ll have to do this the old-fashioned way. E-mail me at gfranke-ruta at prospect dot org if you come across anything, and I’ll write it up for the site. Thanks.

–Garance Franke-Ruta

Garance Franke-Ruta is a former senior editor at the Prospect. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She was a 2006 recipient of a fellowship at the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University.