Fare well in N.H., Iowa, or no TV

[me3]

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps...20071230/COLUMNISTS12/231996423/-1/columnists

Unless there's a mega-shock in Thursday's Iowa caucuses results, this will be the lineup of candidates invited to the pivotal debates that ABC-TV, WMUR and Facebook are sponsoring Saturday night on the campus of St. Anselm College.

Democrats: Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson.

Republicans: Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.

Who is left out? Joe Biden, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., former Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio.

The debate format is also designed to bring the candidates out of the comfortable sound-bite answers and engage one another.Republicans go first, followed by the Democratic candidates.

ABC "World News'' anchor Charles Gibson will shepherd the first half of both 90-minute encounters, tossing out an issue and letting all the candidates have at it. Without a strict time limit, that could lead to some back and forth.

WMUR political director Scott Spradling will handle the next 30-minute block with traditional timed questions. The last 15 minutes will have a lightning-round quality with shorter windows for answers to get in more questions and help ensure all candidates get a sufficient amount of air time.

 

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Who is left out? Joe Biden, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., former Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio.

sad

 

[Chadd Murray]

That's the ABC debate... Ron Paul is invited to the ABC debate...

Ron Paul is EXCLUDED from the FOX NEWS REPUBLICAN FORUM (Sponsored by the New Hampshire GOP).

 

[tnvoter]

New Hampshire GOP needs to be doing more, if it's sponsored by them, supposedly.

 

[0zzy]

I imagine that Biden will pull a semi-Kerry in Iowa.

 

[Kotin]

I imagine that Biden will pull a semi-Kerry in Iowa.

i hope. haha i love that cocky sob.


hes my pick for democrat for sure. but not over RP.

 

[free.alive]

I find Biden the most appealing among the Dems as well.

 

[braumstr]

I am not sure how I feel about him not being in the Fox debate. How does it help to have him attacked by the moderator? How far will they go this time? Will they just play some youtube rant from an anti-paul and give him 3 seconds to respond this time?

 

[freedom-maniac]

Plus if he wins the Dem nomination, no one can use the "racist smear" againt Ron Paul if he's the Republican nominee, b/c of all Biden's racial comments he's made.

 

[icon124]

i cant wait for this debate...giving RP enough time to respond will crush everyone else

 

[nate895]

Plus if he wins the Dem nomination, no one can use the "racist smear" againt Ron Paul if he's the Republican nominee, b/c of all Biden's racial comments he's made.

I remember when he was being interviewed when he announced his candidacy, and he was asked how he would play in the South, since he's perceived as being a Northeast Liberal, and his response was "my state was a slave state."