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New Hampshire GOP Ditches FOX Over Paul and Hunter Diss
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ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: The New Hampshire Republican Party is officially withdrawing itself as a sponsor of the FOX News Forum Sunday in New Hampshire.
Party leaders object to the network's exclusion of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex. -- who received 10 percent of the votes at the Iowa caucuses, and Duncan Hunter, who received none.
They had called earlier in the week for FOX to change its criteria and include Paul and Hunter.
Hunter does not register on national polls, but Paul does have support in the single digits.
Paul is expecting to do better in New Hampshire, where voters pride themselves on their independence.
"The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary serves a national purpose by giving all candidates an equal opportunity on a level playing field.
Only in New Hampshire do lesser known, lesser funded underdogs have a fighting chance to establish themselves as national figures," said New Hampshire Party Chairman Fergus Cullen in a written statement posted on the party's website and circulated to reporters by the Paul campaign.
"Consistent with that tradition," Cullen said, "we believe all recognized major candidates should have an equal opportunity to participate in pre-primary debates and forums."
"This principle applies to tonight's debates on ABC as well as Sunday's planned forum on FOX. The New Hampshire Republican Party believes Congressmen Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter should be included in the FOX forum on Sunday evening. Our mutual efforts to resolve this difference have failed."
"While we understand that FOX News continues to move forward it is with regret, the New Hampshire Republican Party hereby withdraws as a partner in this forum."
Paul's campaign spokesman applauded the move.
"The New Hampshire Republican Party did the right thing by pulling its sponsorship for Fox’s candidate forum," said Ron Paul 2008 spokesman Jesse Benton. "Fox News' decision to exclude Congressman Paul is unfair, but it won't stop Dr. Paul's message of freedom, peace and prosperity from resonating with the people of New Hampshire."
January 5, 2008 in Gravel, Mike, McCain, John, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (22)
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For you Hunter fans: Hunter even beat Rudolph in 4 Iowa counties.
Yep, "America's mayor" dead last to Duncan Hunter.
Posted by: Red | Jan 6, 2008 1:41:55 PM
"Fred Thompson is so dull. Let me put it in terms that i can understand. Um er ahh, printing money leads to high priced health care. He is indeed a good actor, or he's really stupid."
Steve, it sounds like you are the stupid one. Printing money leads not only to increases in health care, but everything else too in case you haven't noticed. Printing money and making a computer entry in the Federal Reserve's computer is how inflation is created. Having the rest of the world taking their dollars out of their matresses and dumping them in the banking system is reversing our ability to print money without seeing price increases. I think Thompson will soon be also saying that we should not be going into wars without a declaration of war by Congress. He seems to be reading the Constitution. It's nice to see that Ron Paul is making converts. Ron Paul has written books on economics and foreign policy and no other candidate can even hold a candle to him. Ron Paul is conducting a crash course and some of the pupils are begining to learn.
Posted by: kris | Jan 6, 2008 3:47:58 PM
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