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Presented by Rebuild the Party and co-sponsored by YouTube, this RNC Candidates Forum is our last chance to quiz the candidates for RNC Chairman before the vote on January 30th.

At 11:59pm on January 19th, question submission and voting closed and we are presenting the ten questions below to the candidates for their video responses.

Read more about the questions and our selection process here.

Thank you for helping make this the most open and transparent RNC Chairman's race in history!

Ron Paul has a very energetic and organized community of fans and followers, as is obvious if you browse the other questions submitted here. Unfortunately, his movement also attracts anti-semites, 9/11 Truthers, isolationists, and Bircherite cranks ... all of whom tarnish the Republican Party by association. Ron Paul holds some mainstream conservative positions, but he's got plenty of bad ideas too. How will you distance the GOP from the nuttier elements of the Ron Paul movement, yet still appeal to the rest of his motivated young followers? -- Alo Konsen asked on July 29, 2010 at 12:56 am Vote: 23 36 Overall Score -13 Report This Question	As Republicans try to remedy the Democratic Party strength among the youth, how should the GOP deal with the problem that by definition most of the current young Republicans are out of the majority and considered dorks by their peers? -- Bob Brigham asked on July 29, 2010 at 10:38 pm Vote: 7 17 Overall Score -10 Report This Question	Ali A. Akbar: Courting the African American Vote... -- Ali Akbar asked on July 29, 2010 at 1:50 pm Vote: 1 8 Overall Score -7 Report This Question
What is your strategy to get Republicans back in power? -- Shannon O'Brien asked on July 29, 2010 at 6:02 am Vote: 5 11 Overall Score -6 Report This Question	How will your work to strengthen our State Party's. -- james sleight asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:05 pm Vote: 4 9 Overall Score -5 Report This Question	What is your paln to strengthen the State party structure. -- james sleight asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:03 pm Vote: 3 7 Overall Score -4 Report This Question
Will you make it a top priority to ensure that by the 2012 election cycle all statewide Republican primary elections are closed to everyone except registered Republicans? -- Alo Konsen asked on July 29, 2010 at 1:55 am Vote: 11 13 Overall Score -2 Report This Question	With all the talk about new media, the internet and social networks, what types of "old-style" communication do you think is still relevant for grassroots activism? It can't be all on-line can it? Is there still a need for printed pieces handed out at events, direct mail, or good old-fashioned print advertising? And if there is, will it be an after-thought or a primary communication tool? -- Karl Weld asked on July 29, 2010 at 9:34 am Vote: 4 6 Overall Score -2 Report This Question	Are you going to work to educate the people that Network Marketing online is an opportunity for many, many millions of Americans and dispel the notion too many fall victim to thinking it's something illegal as in a Madoff crime? I urge you to watch the two videos I present at http://explorefreedom.com/4freedom before determining your answer. There is no business presented there, only the truth about what Network Marketing is. -- Dan Hall asked on July 29, 2010 at 10:50 am Vote: 1 3 Overall Score -2 Report This Question
This past election demonstrated what we all should have known, the United States demographics has changed. We anticipate the changes will continue to the point that white anglo-saxons will become the minority while both Hispanics and blacks will become majority populations. What will you do to attract both groups to the GOP and take back Congress and the Presidency? -- Richard Hood asked on July 29, 2010 at 11:02 am Vote: 4 6 Overall Score -2 Report This Question	These four words above for me summarize important qualities of what it means to be American. Short of finding an inspirational candidate like Barack Obama, how can the Republican Party go beyond crafting a new "message," or operational methodology, to actually inspiring a healing and a shift in the hearts of its membership that brings about a more compassionate and inclusive approach while preserving the time-honored tenets of self-reliance on an individual level and pragmatism on the level of national and foreign affairs? -- Jeff Abbott asked on July 29, 2010 at 3:23 pm Vote: 0 2 Overall Score -2 Report This Question	3 Most Important Jobs of RNC Chairman -- Mindy Finn asked on July 29, 2010 at 12:33 pm Vote: 8 9 Overall Score -1 Report This Question
How would you utilize the resources of the Political Education, volunteer corps, and Internship programs to help foster growth in interested young people with potential to become grassroots and party leaders either nationally or in their states, counties, and cities? -- Judy Kratochvil asked on July 29, 2010 at 9:48 pm Vote: 5 6 Overall Score -1 Report This Question	Which one of your opponents would you appoint to your leadership team? -- Patrick Ruffini asked on July 29, 2010 at 11:05 am Vote: 7 8 Overall Score -1 Report This Question	Limiting Donation request snailmail -- Oliver Ditch asked on July 29, 2010 at 10:07 am Vote: 4 5 Overall Score -1 Report This Question