Hillary Wants An Indiana Debate, Barack's Not So Sure
 Friday, April 25th, 2008

 

Democratic candidates have had 25 televised debates and 1 radio debate, and still have at least two more debates coming up:  in Raleigh, North Carolina and in Portland, Oregon.  But Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to participate in a debate in Indiana as well - who will be holding their primary the same date as North Carolina, on May 6th - and has accepted the invitation from the Indiana Debate Commission to participate.  Barack Obama, however, has not said that he will not participate in an IN debate, but a campaign spokesman for Obama said yesterday that it's not his top priority; his number one priority is being able to "have a direct conversation with Hoosiers about the issues impacting their lives."

The spokesperson, Nick Kimball, said Indiana residents "want a chance to question the candidates themselves...[but] I don't think they're going to get too concerned about whether or not some debate moderators from news outlets have an opportunity to ask them questions."

Hillary Clinton's campaign reportedly sent out a press release called "Debate Watch Day 1" on Wednesday to draw attention to Obama's reluctance to participate in additional debate(s).  If Obama chooses to participate, the debate would air on CNN and/or PBS.

What do you think?  Would you be disappointed if there was no IN Democratic debate?

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