I'm trying to create a new rating entry that has 4 ratings attributes.  I get the rating created ok, with the correct audition_id & user_id, I am not getting any of the fields from the form:  Is it a mismatch of field types with form_remote_tag? or the name of the form?  or how I'm trying access the params?

audition_controller.rb
  def rate
    @audition = Audition.find(params[:id])

def rate
    @audition = Audition.find(params[:id])
    @rating = Audition.find(params[:id]).ratings.create(params[:rating])
    @rating.user = current_user
    @rating.save

  def comment
   @comment = Podcast.find(params[:id]).comments.create(params[:comment])
   @comment.user = current_user
   @comment.save
    flash[:commentsnotice] = "Successfully added your comment to the bottom."

/views/user/change_password.rhtml:

                        <div id="change_password" class="login">
                        <span>
<%= start_form_tag %>

VIEW:
/user/info.rhtml:
<br />
<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
        <tr>

  def comment
   @comment = Podcast.find(params[:id]).comments.create(params[:comment])
   current_user.comments<<comment
   @comment.save
    flash[:notice] = "Added your comment."