Romney Won't Go To Big Iowa Fox News Debate, Disappointing Local GOP

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Romney Won't Go To Big Iowa Fox News Debate, Disappointing Local GOP

By Greg Sargent - November 15, 2007, 4:53PM

A senior GOP official in Iowa tells us that Mitt Romney has decided not to attend the Fox News GOP debate in the state that was set for December 4 -- effectively killing the debate, according to this official.

Chuck Laudner, the executive director of the Iowa GOP, says that he got word of Romney's decision two hours ago. He claims that other leading GOP contenders were waiting to see what Romney was going to do -- and now that Romney won't be attending, the others will pull out too.

"With no frontrunner, there's no debate," Laudner said, adding that many Iowa GOPers would be upset with Romney's decision -- a potential blow in a state where Romney is facing an aggressive insurgent challenge from Mike Huckabee. The Iowa GOP had been heavily promoting the debate, the first one to be broadcast by Fox News in the state.

"It's disappointing," Laudner said, adding that Huckabee, John McCain and Fred Thompson had said they'd be showing up and that Rudy was waiting to see what Romney did. "We're losing a statewide 2000-person event. It's a huge, huge event. We had county chairs raising money off of it. They're not gonna be too happy."

[lonestarnot]

1. ahhhh ha ha ha ha ha

:rofl:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. How chikensh** does Romney have to be to not participate in a FAUX debate?

Where the crowd roars over the most facile jingoistic responses and the questions are of the marshmellow/nerf ball variety?

:shrug:

MKJ