Lighten up, snowman tells Romney

The tiff between Mitt Romney and an Internet snowman is heating up, or at least getting a brighter spotlight.

This evening, CNN did a segment on the sort-of argument, which is bouncing around the blogosphere.

Here's the back story: At the Democrats' CNN/YouTube debate on July 23, one of the questioners was a web snowman named Billiam, who inquired what the candidates would do about global warming.

So far, Romney is taking a pass on the Republican version scheduled for Nov. 28. Explaining why, he told the New Hampshire Union Leader last month: "I think the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer a question from a snowman."

To which, the snowman's creators on Saturday posted a YouTube video in reply. "Lighten up, slightly," the snowman says, parroting a Romney response when critics asked him about a sign at one of his campaign events bashing Democrat Barack Obama.