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Romney -NO GO at Iowa Debate - Possibly canceled?
How rediculous is this...
This article says that if Romney isnt going to be there, there's no point in having a debate because other Front Runners are going to pull out... How sad.
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/...a_fox_news_debate_disappointing_local_gop.php
SOME REPORTS SAY THAT THE DEBATE IS CANCELED!
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7367157&nav=menu115_2_9
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1107/FoxIowa_GOP_debate_off_Romney_blamed.html#comments
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Romney Won't Go To Big Iowa Fox News Debate, Disappointing Local GOP
By Greg Sargent - November 15, 2007, 4:53PM
A senior GOP official in Iowa tells us that Mitt Romney has decided not to attend the Fox News GOP debate in the state that was set for December 4 -- effectively killing the debate, according to this official.
Chuck Laudner, the executive director of the Iowa GOP, says that he got word of Romney's decision two hours ago. He claims that other leading GOP contenders were waiting to see what Romney was going to do -- and now that Romney won't be attending, the others will pull out too.
"With no frontrunner, there's no debate," Laudner said, adding that many Iowa GOPers would be upset with Romney's decision -- a potential blow in a state where Romney is facing an aggressive insurgent challenge from Mike Huckabee. The Iowa GOP had been heavily promoting the debate, the first one to be broadcast by Fox News in the state.
"It's disappointing," Laudner said, adding that Huckabee, John McCain and Fred Thompson had said they'd be showing up and that Rudy was waiting to see what Romney did. "We're losing a statewide 2000-person event. It's a huge, huge event. We had county chairs raising money off of it. They're not gonna be too happy."
There is another GOP debate scheduled for Dec. 12 in Iowa sponsored by the Des Moines Register.
Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirmed the campaign's decision. "We have received invitations to a number of debates in the month of December," he emailed me.
"Along with other campaigns, we unfortunately had to decline an invite to a December 4 debate as part of a scheduling decision. We will be participating in a December 12 debate sponsored by the Des Moines Register however, and we look forward to that opportunity to again meet with Iowa voters on the issues."
Jonathan Martin, who's also on this story, says that this has the potential to really rankle in Iowa because "this was to be the state party's own event -- and on what amounts to the GOP's station of record."
How rediculous is this...
This article says that if Romney isnt going to be there, there's no point in having a debate because other Front Runners are going to pull out... How sad.
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/...a_fox_news_debate_disappointing_local_gop.php
SOME REPORTS SAY THAT THE DEBATE IS CANCELED!
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7367157&nav=menu115_2_9
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1107/FoxIowa_GOP_debate_off_Romney_blamed.html#comments
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Romney Won't Go To Big Iowa Fox News Debate, Disappointing Local GOP
By Greg Sargent - November 15, 2007, 4:53PM
A senior GOP official in Iowa tells us that Mitt Romney has decided not to attend the Fox News GOP debate in the state that was set for December 4 -- effectively killing the debate, according to this official.
Chuck Laudner, the executive director of the Iowa GOP, says that he got word of Romney's decision two hours ago. He claims that other leading GOP contenders were waiting to see what Romney was going to do -- and now that Romney won't be attending, the others will pull out too.
"With no frontrunner, there's no debate," Laudner said, adding that many Iowa GOPers would be upset with Romney's decision -- a potential blow in a state where Romney is facing an aggressive insurgent challenge from Mike Huckabee. The Iowa GOP had been heavily promoting the debate, the first one to be broadcast by Fox News in the state.
"It's disappointing," Laudner said, adding that Huckabee, John McCain and Fred Thompson had said they'd be showing up and that Rudy was waiting to see what Romney did. "We're losing a statewide 2000-person event. It's a huge, huge event. We had county chairs raising money off of it. They're not gonna be too happy."
There is another GOP debate scheduled for Dec. 12 in Iowa sponsored by the Des Moines Register.
Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirmed the campaign's decision. "We have received invitations to a number of debates in the month of December," he emailed me.
"Along with other campaigns, we unfortunately had to decline an invite to a December 4 debate as part of a scheduling decision. We will be participating in a December 12 debate sponsored by the Des Moines Register however, and we look forward to that opportunity to again meet with Iowa voters on the issues."
Jonathan Martin, who's also on this story, says that this has the potential to really rankle in Iowa because "this was to be the state party's own event -- and on what amounts to the GOP's station of record."
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