Obama, Clinton to Skip Fox-Backed Debate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will not participate in a Democratic debate co-hosted by Fox News Channel this fall, campaign aides indicated Monday.F"N"C has been legitimized for far too long by the Democratic targets of the F"N"C attacks, and killing a second F"N"C debate is a good start to rectifying that mistake.
The decision by the two Democratic presidential candidates follows an announcement last week by John Edwards, another White House contender, that he would forgo the Fox event.
The Sept. 23 debate, set for Detroit, is co-sponsored by the cable news network and by the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute.
Without Obama, Clinton and Edwards, however, Fox and the CBC institute would be missing three of the marquee contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Naturally, I think that Democrats should take this further and freeze out F"N"C entirely. I cannot imagine Dick Cheney agreeing to a one-on-one interview with Air America Radio, so why do Democrats think that it is okay to go on Fox?
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