Ron Paul to Participate in ABC News Debate
Texas Republican Representative Still Mad at Exclusion from Fox News Channel Forum
By Marisa Guthrie -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/4/2008 12:32:00 PM
ABC News finalized the roster of participants for Saturday’s Republican and Democratic debates in New Hampshire, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) -- who has a small but vociferous following and finished ahead of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the Iowa caucus Thursday -- will participate in the debate along with Giuliani, Rep. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
The face-off begins at 7 p.m.
The Democratic field is decidedly smaller with Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
Sens. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) dropped out of the race after dismal showings in Iowa. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) did not meet ABC News’ criteria for inclusion, which included placing at least fourth in Iowa or polling 5% or higher in one of the last four reputable random New Hampshire or national surveys.
Sunday’s Republican forum hosted by Fox News Channel has drawn criticism from the Paul camp for excluding the long-shot candidate. Fox News invited Romney, Huckabee, McCain, Thompson and Giuliani to the New Hampshire forum, which will be moderated by Chris Wallace.
During coverage of the Iowa caucuses, Fox News’ Shepard Smith wondered out loud if his network shouldn’t reconsider inviting Paul to participate in the forum. Fox News has yet to announce any changes to Sunday’s forum.
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Its a disgrace that Fox can decide who to include in debates - they are a sham trying to exclude the one voice of change. Either they carry a debate with all candidates and let the population decide - or stick with their usual trash programming.
Gordon - 1/7/2008 3:55:00 PM EST -
"Fox's credibility as a news organization has fallen dramatically."
Fox is a news organization? LOL! Ahahaha... I needed a hearty guffaw, thanks.
Shay M. - 1/5/2008 11:17:00 PM EST -
The Federal Reserve will not enslave the American people too much longer. It's only a matter of time, people will see the truth, and demand change - or - it's revolution time!
Chris K - 1/5/2008 4:01:00 PM EST -
Thank you for this write up. Glad to see one of the news organizations have come to their senses and is including our next President Ron Paul into their Debates. Now I just have to boycott Foxnews. Isn't ABC owned by the same parent company - Disney, Newscorp?
Tess Carroll - 1/5/2008 3:49:00 PM EST -
Paul is in 3rd place (14%) in latest NH Rassmussen poll. Let's cool it with the "longshot" characterizations.
Jim McClarin - 1/5/2008 3:36:00 PM EST
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