CNN Cancels March 1st Debate After Santorum, Romney & Paul Drop Out
CNN has been forced to cancel its March 1 debate in Atlanta after the top two Republicans in the debate canceled their participation.
“With eight other states voting on March 6, we will be campaigning in other parts of the country and unable to schedule the CNN Georgia debate,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said, which was reported by National Journal. “We have participated in 20 debates, including eight from CNN.”
Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley add that the former PA senator “has no plans of doing it right now.” Ron Paul’s camp apparently delivered a similar message.
CNN responded to the news on Thursday afternoon.
“Mitt Romney and Ron Paul told the Georgia Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party and CNN Thursday that they will not participate in the March 1 Republican presidential primary debate,” CNN said in a statement. “Without full participation of all four candidates, CNN will not move forward with the Super Tuesday debate. However, next week, CNN and the Arizona Republican Party will host all four leading contenders for the GOP nomination. That debate will be held in Mesa, Arizona on February 22 and will be moderated by CNN’s John King.”
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Comments (86)
Abraham Young
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:10pmMitt Romney sent out an endorsement for Senator Hatch in Utah. A 36 year veteran of Congress. Do you think Romney is interested in upsetting the Republican applecart or doing what he is told by the blue bloods?
I know what I think.
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johnnylingo
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:27pmSURPRISE. Someone needs to tell Newt, otherwise he will show up and think he won the debater.He and Wolf Blitzen can spar all night and accomplish nothing.I knew the Republican women would drop him. It’s time for him to pack up his arrogant act and go write another book. I’m glad I don’t have to listen to him lie any more.
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Down2TheC
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:56pmScared to take on Newt on the home turf. Newt will be back even if they all puss out and avoid him.
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TheBritshRcmg
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:26pmWe must have rec’d the same flyer. I had the same thought.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 4:55amOhhh, Newt is such a good debater, we are not electing a debator and chief!!!!
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smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:01amActually I love to see Newt stand alone and take on the liberal douches at CNN. I bet hands down he could take them out and show his true skills as an orator.
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babylonvi
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 11:17amThe Republican Establishment will not give the public a choice. All except Dr. Paul are RINO Neocon Globalists who, like Obama, will continue selling America down the river to the UN and Globalist Bankers.
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hangthesobs
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:43amI’m waiting for someone to come out and say they will reverse the Supreme Court’s decision to sell our politicians to the richest bidders. Romney seems to agree that any US politician should be allowed to have unlimited funds spent on him and against his opponents… by rich (and secret) corporations from other countries. Have any of the others even mentioned it? Why the hell did they do something so obviously corrupting.
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TiocFaidhArLa
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:40pmCNN Cancels March 1 Debate After Santorum, Romney & Paul Drop Out “CNN has been forced to cancel its March 1 debate in Atlanta after the top TWO Republicans in the debate canceled their participation.” lol blatantly ignoring a candidate they just spoke of lol
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:23pmGlad to hear this. These debates have been CNN’s only help in ratings.
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EqualJustice
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:15pmABOUT time these guys figured out they were being SET UP. Now Glenn Beck need to host a debate!
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Mil Mom
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:59amThat would be “Awesome!” but do you really think Romney and Paul would show up?
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GeorgieBaby
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:06pmThere is a big problem with your idea about Romney being on any Glenn Beck program. I believe that Romney does not trust Glenn Beck. This does not have anything to do with politics, Tea Party, etc…
It has more to do with Beck’s close relationship with Jon Huntsman Sr. and the rift between the Romney and Huntsman families that stem back to the 2002 Winter Olympics and the betrayal of the Huntsman clan toward Romney.
The Huntsman’s were bent out of shape over the selection of Romney over Huntsman Jr. to run the campaign in a huge way. In addition, in 2008, Huntsman Jr. pledged support to Romney’s campaign and was privy to campaign strategy. Romney learned in the papers that Huntsman Jr. then went on to endorse McCain, and took everything he learned from Romney’s campaign to the McCain camp – with the full support of his father, Huntsman Sr. A serious betrayal of Romney’s trust.
This is the reason why I believe Romney will not go on a Glenn Beck program. He can’t trust Glenn because of his relationship with Huntsman Sr. It would be nice if there were full disclosure by Beck (and Pat) about this – but it will most likely not happen. You should even question Beck with boldness.
For more info:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/jon-huntsman-mitt-romney-faced-off-over-2002-salt-lake-city-olympics/2012/01/15/gIQAF9JK2P_blog.html
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700215933/Huntsman-endorses-Romney-but-Mitt-a-no-show-for-the-announcement.h
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crazyoz
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:49pmGood! CNN Liberal dirt bags shouldn’t hold repulican debates. Look what happened with ABC and liberal Hack Stephanopoulos.
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hangthesobs
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:47amIf all you do is have republicans asking republicans questions, you won’t get the people to believe it’s fair and balanced. If they can’t handle the heat, they shouldn’t be running to be the chef. Bush did that without getting hammered too badly, at least he never stopped.
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Bush Hating Conervatives make me sick
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:42pmNotice who the forst one was to decline the debate! Romney= LEADER!! Romney/Rubio
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P8riot
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:30pmAmen to that! He was the only one with the initiative to say ‘enough’! By the way, I also agree with your moniker ~
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Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:26pmlol He didn’t say “enough!”
He said “oh crap. Google me Santorum is gaining on me. I’d better not take a break in kissing **** state to state. I’m dropping out.”
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Jeff1000
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:13amBush hating conservatives hate progressives of whatever ilk, left, right, what’s the difference? The outcome is the same.
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common cents
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 11:03amActually he was the LAST to decline, that = follower, not leader…
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Ohio Guy
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:33pmNo stories about the amazing polls coming out? Santorum is killing it in Ohio and as everyone says every election “as Ohio goes…..so goes the nation”. Santorum also leads in MI and nationally. Check out the polls on Rasmussen.com very telling indeed.
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Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:39pmCould it be they are all tired of CNN’s BS
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hi
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:40pmYay!
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Chuck Stein
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:42pmYup, the “Santorum Surge” is a particularly long-lived “phenomenon.” Ironic — a big help for Romney right now is Newt staying in the race.
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CD FIle
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:17pmLOL yeah right , just like South Carolina “we pick presidents”
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idarusskie
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:56pmDidn’t they use to say south Carolina picked the nomination?
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Mil Mom
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:03amMyself and most other Ohioans I know, had been praying that either Bachmann or Santorum would make it to our state.
Hopefully she’ll stay in their as our Congressional Bull Dog. (I’d love to see her voted in to replace Boehner and the sooner the better!)
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 4:56amAll of you people are going to be so surprised. Sheeple all.
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wildwood
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:30pmAll the CNN lefties want to try to start a fight and smear the candidates in order to glorify the dictator in the whitehouse!!!!
I am glad to see the candidates realize it would be a waste of their time!!!
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PeteHDO
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:51pmThere is a big difference between a Fox commentator and a Fox newsreader. The conservative side of Fox has separate programming from the news.
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AJAYW
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:29pmCNN=Commie news network – No conservative candidates should ever go on this network.
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bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:09pmEnough with the debates already.
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Hemispheres2112
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:02pmI hope they all turn down the rest of the Obama-Programmed Leftist stations!
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MarsBarsTru7
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:14pmI think that would exclude every channel except FOX News.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:15pmMy thoughts exactly. Why be forced to answer THEIR questions and the constant gotchas?
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Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:28pmYou morons think a gotcha question is any question you don’t like. It all started with your girl Sarah Failin’ and you’ve been CRYING gotcha since. lol.
Get ready to lose to Obama. You’ve got a real nice candidate field. lol
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Mil Mom
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:11am@Bible Quotin’ Science Fearin’ Conservative American
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:28pm
You morons think a gotcha question is any question you don’t like. It all started with your girl Sarah Failin‘ and you’ve been CRYING gotcha since. lol.
Get ready to lose to Obama. You’ve got a real nice candidate field. lo
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Get real, A FIELD MOUSE COULD DEFEAT b o! (Although Mickey Mouse will doubtless cast at least a million votes for him!)
Oh, AND, BY THE WAY! IF SARAH HAD RUN, YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE BEEN CRYING! NOTICE HOW SHE SELLS OUT ALL SEATS WHEREVER SHE SPEAKS WHILE b o AND biden BOTH HAVE TO BUS PEOPLE IN AND GIVE TICKETS AWAY AND YOU STILL SEE EMPTY SCENES AT ALL THEIR EVENTS!
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THX-1138
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:01pmHmmmm, getting smarter? That would be nice…
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Tri-ox
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:57pmWe have had enough primary debates – the rest should be cancelled as well.
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Volsense
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:53pmCNN stopped being relevant as a source for news many years ago. Really didn’t know if it was still on the air.
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SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:47pmThis is great news!!! A lot of people have been asking the question, why do Republicans let the left wing media conduct false DEBATES? Maybe they are waking up. The left wing media try to make all conservatives look bad by the questions they ask. This is great news. The old msm is dead, nobody needs them.
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ForSuchATimeAsThis
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:46pmGingritch can debate all by his lonesome. He likes to hear himself talk anyway. “Onnne, is the lonliest numberr…”
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hempstead1944
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:43pmGood……seems a few of them grew some ba**s….finally !
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TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:49pmI agree. Isn’t amazing how quickly the liberal fire dies down when the fuel is removed?
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Bill Rowland
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:37pmIts about time the candidates woke up to the face that they were being exploited by CNN and the main stream networks.
In high school a debate was two people standing up and tryng to convice an audience that their side of a question was the correct one. We were given a topic and assigned pro or con sides to argue
It was not a forum where one person asked questions like Stephenopolist(?) did in the last one. The format allows questions that have nothing to do with the topic and are designed to embarass or at least make the candidates look awkward.
OMG
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LOJ
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:40pmHey, Thats ok, we don’t need a debate right now. Let Fox news do the next ones late spring or early summer and fall when more people are watching.. CNN pulls too many Shananigans anyway. The candidates should be visiting more town hall meetings so people can ask questions of what they intend to do to get this country moving again and other vital questions!
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mickie4
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:40pmRead the entire article.
The ARE going to debate on Feb 22nd and John King will moderate.
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TexXVonGfeld
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:26pmWhen are these retread idiots going to understand that its foolish to do so many debates and any of those on CNN. What a disgrace. We have bonehead loser candidates, dumbA$$ party bigwigs wanting to stuff Daddy’s Boy Mitt down our throats. Obama is going to win is they keep Screwing around.
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Polarized America
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:45pmI agree, and em getting worried
Newt wants a Moon state.
Mitt is a yes man. hey Mitt jump…. Mitt says ..how high
Santorum wants to be POTUS = PopeOTUS
I would have gone with Paul back in 88 ( i think ) but its too late for him now
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DrFrost
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:55pmI love the debates. There’s nothing wrong with having more discussions and getting to know the candidates better.
HOWEVER, with such obvious media bias there’s no reason any of the republican debates should be hosted by NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc. Remember when the white house tried to exclude Fox News? Turnabout is fair play.
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Steverino
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:19pmPOLARIZED:
Please cite specific cases that incline you to use the “Pope” analogy with Santorum. I hear people alluding to this, but have yet to see an example. I would appreciate it.
Steve
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Dotado
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:25pmIt looks like these candidates are finally showing some balls and walking away. About time, CNN is only looking for dirt on all of them and their debates have nothing to do with which candidate is better. CNN has an agenda and these guys have bent over for them way to long. Outstanding!
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Ran60
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:18pmAfter some of the disgusting questions from the CNNinnies, why would they want to waste their time?
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USAMEDIC3008
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:23pmI would not show up at the
Commi News Network either
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oldguy49
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:24pmhow about real questions and answers on issues
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CatB
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:26pmI agree .. scr*w them!
OMG 2012!
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mils
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:26pmexcellent….
why should conservative candidates be subjected to the like of the liberal commentators , eg..George Stephanopoulos, john king..> who sets these things up anyway?…and why agree to them?
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:17pmFinally.. the candidates seem to be realizing that going on liberal news organizations for a ” debate ” is not in their best interest. How many more freakin’ debates do we need anyway? I’m NOT voting for zero, ‘ nuff said.
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TheObamanation
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:16pmOh Nooooooooooooooo … who’s gonna ask the “gotcha” questions now ? Glitter bomb fairies unite !!!!! …
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qpwillie
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:13pmWhat? Canceled it just because 3 of the 4 candidates dropped out? Wow! Why would they cancel it?
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Polarized America
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:35pmThey should still go on with the debate … it would be a great night for Newt ..but i still think he would lose …………………..
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P8riot
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 6:31pmIs Newt still in the race??? lol
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