Thread: Fox News Republican Primary Debate Tuesday May 15th 9PM ET

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270812,00.html

Did Fox have a change of heart in inviting all the candidates to debate?
Did our calls and emails for them to be fair and present all candidates work?

FOX News to Air First-in-the-South Republican Primary Debate
Friday, May 11, 2007

WASHINGTON — Ten Republican candidates are readying their departures for South Carolina to attend Tuesday's First-In-The-South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate to be broadcast on the FOX News Channel from the University of South Carolina.

The candidates that will be appearing on stage are Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, California Rep. Duncan Hunter, Arizona Sen. John McCain, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.

Watch live coverage of the First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidate debate on FOX News Channel and FOXNews.com on Tuesday, May 15, at 9 p.m. EDT.

The 90-minute debate will air from 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET. The event, sponsored by the South Carolina Republican Party and held at the Koger Center for the Arts at USC's Columbia campus, will be moderated by "Special Report" anchor Brit Hume. Questions will be posed by two panelists — "FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace and White House correspondent Wendell Goler.

"This is part of the process of the American people getting to know and decide which candidate they are going to vote for, first in the Republican primary and then eventually for president so I think the purpose is seriously to give viewers some insights on information that allows them to make a more informed choice," Wallace said.

FOXNews.com will also be streaming the debate live and will have pre- and post-debate coverage hosted by "On the Record"'s Greta Van Susteran and FOX News Talk contributor Griff Jenkins.

The live Web stream coverage on FOXNews.com will feature eight University of South Carolina students debating politics and commenting on the Republican presidential candidates’ remarks.

The program will begin streaming live on FOXNews.com 30 minutes before the televised debate begins, and will run 30 minutes after the debate ends. Four students who are registered Republicans and four who are registered Democrats will debate issues that are important to them, and their microphones will be open during the debate, which they will be watching on a plasma screen television. Viewers on FOXNews.com will be able to hear real-time reaction from the students.

FOXNews.com will also offer a separate stream of the debate for viewers who may want to watch the debate online without commentary from the students.

After the debate, a 30-minute discussion and critique session will close out the Web stream.

All the candidates appearing met the established criteria to participate in the debate, said South Carolina Republican Party Communications Director Rob Godfrey. That included filing the appropriate paperwork establishing an exploratory committee, paying the appropriate fees to appear on the South Carolina Republican Party primary ballot and garnering at least 1 percent in state and national polling conducted between April 1-3 by FOX News and Opinion Dynamics.

Party Chairman Katon Dawson welcomed the candidates to make their cases to voters in the state that will hold the first 2008 presidential primary conducted in the South.

"The participants in our debate ensure South Carolina voters and Republicans visiting Columbia from across the country, get a chance to hear candidates for President candidly discuss important issues facing our future. We are extremely proud to host the first truly national presidential candidates' debate," Dawson said.

Wow, I can't believe it. It does look like all our calls and faxes and emails may definitely have had an effect.

GO RON PAUL!

PUBLIC PRESSURE WINS THE DAY!!!


LET'S GET THE RIGHT GUY IN THE WHITEHOUSE!!!

TANCREDO, PAUL OR HUNTER!!!!

Ron Paul--President
Tom Tancredo--Vice President
Duncan Hunter--Secretary of State

Originally Posted by Rockfish

Ron Paul--President
Tom Tancredo--Vice President
Duncan Hunter--Secretary of State

That would be so sweet!!!!!!!!

bttt

Originally Posted by Rockfish

Ron Paul--President
Tom Tancredo--Vice President
Duncan Hunter--Secretary of State

Works for me.

Ron Paul--President
Tom Tancredo--Vice President
Duncan Hunter--Secretary of State

Works just great for me too. Three Americans doing a job they want to do.

The choice between Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo will be really, really tough. When push comes to shove, making the decision between Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul we may have to look at each one individually and see how they are on the other issues.

Of course, that's not something that we all wouldn't realize. Putting them together is the answer.

THE AWESOME THREESOME!