Democratic Debate Is Canceled in N.H.

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- As one debate goes by the wayside, another takes its place.

Organizers announced Friday that they were canceling a Democratic presidential debate scheduled for Jan. 8 in New Hampshire. The reason? All the candidates will be in Iowa, preparing for the Jan. 19 caucuses.

NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert had been slated to moderate the event, which was to be broadcast on MSNBC and PBS affiliates.

At the same time, a new debate was added in Iowa on Jan. 6 -- to be broadcast on radio only. National Public Radio and WOI radio in Des Moines, Iowa, will sponsor the debate.

A radio debate among presidential candidates has not been held in years, said Susan Feeney, a senior editor at NPR.

The two-hour debate, which will be moderated by Neal Conan, host of NPR's "Talk of the Nation," program will be aired live during the afternoon and rebroadcast later in the evening on most NPR affiliate stations, Feeney said.

Newsday

They are stiffing RUSSERT in favor of NPR!!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. Russert has just learned that he is irrelevant.

[The Zanti Regent]

13. F YOU TINY TIM

I never forgave Tiny Twit for the way he pissed on Hillary.

[Kremer]

2. Rats. Tim was gonna ask them all to raise their hands for Dean.

[David Zephyr]

3. To Hell With Russert.

Never forget his last stab at moderating a debate:

RUSSERT (to Hillary Clinton): Don't you think you owe the American people an apology?


I think this is fabulous news.

[govegan]

4. Russe(r)t has about as much wit as Mr. Potatohead.

No, I take that back. Mr. Potatohead is definitely more interesting.

What a cool idea!

[pinto]

9. Mr Potatohead has something between his ears...

[never cry wolf]

14. LOL.........n/t

[montanacowboy]

5. Hooray!!!!!!!!!

This is great - the whore Russell is snubbed and pushed aside. Yes,.....I am no great fan of NPR anymore, but hey, I will take them anytime over MSNBC. Russert is such a pig.

[LuminousX]

6. Why not a debate hosted by Jon Stewart

or hell, Bill Moyers?

[Rose Siding]

7. Wouldn't Moyers be wonderful?

sigh

[Bucky]

10. damn, you beat me -- but definitely not Jon Stewart

If he treated it seriously, it'd bore people. If he made it a joke, it'd be a joke on our people.

[Dr Fate]

17. I dunno, John asks some fair & tough questions, actually...

...he's a comedian, but ironically, he does better than many or most "journalists"....

[Pastiche423]

8. A debate hosted by Bill Moyers

would be a real debate. That's why.

[leQ]

20. now THAT would be kewl

n/t

[FarLeftRage]

11. russert is a turncoat and a quisling of the highest order

Having sold out to gemsnbc and the repuKKKes for the almighty mammon.

He is scum and guilty of sedition.

[MoonAndSun]

12. I hope they do not re-schedule the debate with Russert.

He would be 10 times worse then Koppel. He would not ask one substantative question, he would just stir the pot and try to get all the debaters to slit each others throats.

I hope he is throwing a hissy fit right now!!LOL

[ModerateSwingVoter]

15. will there be transcripts of this debate?

will you be able to download the audio?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

21. Yes, you can get transcripts of anything NPR has, and

any audio from www.npr.org
I have no doubt this will be there too.

[Dr Fate]

16. I wonder if CSPAN will cover the audio of it??...n/t

n/t

[neverforget]

18. Neal Conan? has anyone been listening to TOTN lately? he's gone

to the dark side!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. yeah, he was driven there by his buddy Juan Williams

sad what is going on there at NPR these days.

[xchrom]

22. i hate russert, he's a jerk

not loving npr much more these days -- but stiffing russert is way cool.

[suegeo]

23. Timmy sucks

Russert is a whore's whore