Nbadan
04-09-2007, 04:07 PM
April 09, 2007
Obama Ditches CBC/Fox Debate
Barack Obama has chosen not to attend September's Democratic presidential primary debate co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News, an aide said, effectively dooming the event.
Obama is the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus running for President, and his decision allows other candidates to skip the debate without facing criticism that they are turning their backs on a leading black institution.
Friday, John Edwards was the first candidate to announce he'd skip the debate. The CBC Institute is hosting one other debate, with CNN in January, in which all candidates are expected to participate.
"CNN seemed like a more appropriate venue," the aide said, adding that Obama himself had not called CBC leadership or Fox executives to deliver the news. "It was handled at a staff level."
The aide said that Obama will participate in the six officially-sanctioned Democratic National Committee debates, whose existence provided candidates a measure of cover to drop out of the Fox-sponsored debate.
A Fox News spokesman didn't immediately return a call and email seeking a reaction.
Linky (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0407/Obama_Ditches_CBCFox_Debate.html)
Demo leaders in both houses of the legislature have also called for a ban on the appearance of Demo leaders on FAUX news shows. Still, as we've seen here in this forum, news and opinions lacking objectivity is no problem for the 35% of the U.S. wing-nut population.
Obama Ditches CBC/Fox Debate
Barack Obama has chosen not to attend September's Democratic presidential primary debate co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News, an aide said, effectively dooming the event.
Obama is the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus running for President, and his decision allows other candidates to skip the debate without facing criticism that they are turning their backs on a leading black institution.
Friday, John Edwards was the first candidate to announce he'd skip the debate. The CBC Institute is hosting one other debate, with CNN in January, in which all candidates are expected to participate.
"CNN seemed like a more appropriate venue," the aide said, adding that Obama himself had not called CBC leadership or Fox executives to deliver the news. "It was handled at a staff level."
The aide said that Obama will participate in the six officially-sanctioned Democratic National Committee debates, whose existence provided candidates a measure of cover to drop out of the Fox-sponsored debate.
A Fox News spokesman didn't immediately return a call and email seeking a reaction.
Linky (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0407/Obama_Ditches_CBCFox_Debate.html)
Demo leaders in both houses of the legislature have also called for a ban on the appearance of Demo leaders on FAUX news shows. Still, as we've seen here in this forum, news and opinions lacking objectivity is no problem for the 35% of the U.S. wing-nut population.