So what "idea" was George Allen "road-testing"? Racism?

 If a candidate wants to try out some talking points with various audiences, he doesn't have anything to worry about if he's not advocating anything offensive. Does anybody believe that a video of Allen saying "I'm going to cut Paris Hilton's taxes even more despite the deficit" would have made any kind of impact outside the political-junkie world?

 I think that this "concern" over YouTube is simply a function of politicians being far less able to hide their REAL agendas from the general public. The "moderate" mask, which has been so critical to getting Republicans elected nationwide, can get ripped off pretty quickly with this tool. YouTube apparently has taken a lot of the edge off dog-whistle politics. That's bad for politicians...and good for Americans.