The Democrats refuse to participate in a debate with Brit Hume as the moderator, but the Republicans were willing to have a debate last night with Chris Matthews as moderator. Chris is a rabid partisan Democrat who literally goes berserk on the air from time to time, and doesn't seem to be rational. Hume may also be a partisan, but is a professional newsman, and seems to be intelligent. As others have mentioned, if the Democrats are afraid of Brit Hume, why should we expect them to face the Islamists?