Fox News & ABC Cuts Candidates From Debates
Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter and Alan Keyes are being excluded from upcoming debates. It seems that the media before even the first small primary test is attempting to narrow the field of candidates that they not the public beleive are acceptable candidates. They wish for us to only hear further and select form their authorized of candidates. Hey - media this is Primary time not General Election debates.We may agree there may be too many candidates but this is a democracy with respect to the primaries and not a "media-ocracy." Neither Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, or any other media represents the American public when it comes to sorting which candidates we should hear from.
CNN Politics Reports: ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary . . . The roster of participants for ABC's back-to-back, prime-time Republican and Democratic debates Saturday in New Hampshire will be determined after results of Thursday's Iowa caucus become clear.
Fox, meanwhile, has invited five GOP candidates to a forum with Chris Wallace scheduled for its mobile studio in New Hampshire on Sunday. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee received invites. . . .
To participate in ABC's Saturday night debate, Republican and Democratic candidates must meet at least one of three benchmarks: place first through fourth in Iowa, poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major national surveys.
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Posted by Bill Smith at 7:40 PM - Post Link
2 Comments:
Isn't Ron Paul polling at 7% in NH...???... That meets the "One of the three" benchmarks set forth in the debate invitee criteria, as reported by this CNN report.
So tell me again, why he is not invited?
It doesn't matter right now about Thompson, who is polling at 2% in NH. He is going to take the first exit ramp after Iowa... so the "big sleepy" will finally be able to take some time off from... uh... campaigning???
In response to Steven's comment, who by the way is a great conservative and posts at The New Conservative:
I don't believe your forecast is correct. Fred Thompson will not drop out of the race after Iowa.
However, if Huckabee doesn't do well in one of the least important (although first) primaries (The Iowa Caucus), his days are numbered and he will be the one dropping out except for maybe being the choice for Vice President.
As for the reason Fox News is not inviting Ron Paul -- its is strange. But then so is Ron Paul who for me is 80% right on the issues and 20% off when it comes to protecting the US from International terrorism or accessing global trade.
I believe ABC has not eliminated Paul as yet.
I expect Duncan Hunter will be dropping out of the race soon. However, Hunter could be considered for VP or possibly Sec. of Defense.
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