Six candidates to participate in historic 2008 S.C. GOP Presidential Candidates Debate (No Hunter)

SC GOP ^ | 1/9/08 | Staff

[pissant]

Contact: Rob Godfrey, Communications Director 803.807.7144

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Excitement surrounding presidential politics in South Carolina continues to grow as South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson today announced that invitations have been extended to and accepted by six Republican presidential candidates to participate in the 2008 South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

"The stakes couldn't be higher this election, and we couldn't be more excited to extend a warm South Carolina welcome to six White House hopefuls who are seeking the Republican nomination to be the next President of the United States," said Dawson. "These candidates join tens of thousands of Republicans from across the country and hundreds of journalists from around the world who are converging on Myrtle Beach for this debate because they know the 2008 election could be decided on our stage that night."

The following candidates will be receiving formal invitations from the South Carolina Republican Party to the 2008 South Carolina Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate (in alphabetical order):

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani - New York City

Former Governor Mike Huckabee - Arkansas

U.S. Senator John McCain - Arizona

U.S. Congressman Ron Paul - Texas

Former Governor Mitt Romney - Massachusetts

Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson - Tennessee

Candidates who received invitations to participate in the debate have announced formal campaigns for president; filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and the South Carolina Republican Party to run for president; paid all candidate filing fees associated with their candidacy; met all U. S. constitutional requirements; and garnered at least 5% of the national electorate as determined by an average of the most recent national telephone polls of registered voters conducted by non-partisan public opinion polling organizations leading up to the registration deadline as determined by the South Carolina Republican Party and FOX News Channel; or, place in the top five in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary on January 8, 2008.

The 2008 South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate will be televised live by FOX News Channel at 9:00 PM from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Thursday, January 10, 2008. FOX News Channel Washington Managing Editor Brit Hume will moderate the debate while FOX News anchor Chris Wallace and White House Correspondent Wendell Goler will ask questions of the candidates.

FOX News Radio (FNR) will also provide listeners with live debate coverage beginning at 9 PM/ET. FNR’s Mike Majchrowitz will anchor the debate live from inside the hall. Following the debate, Majchrowitz and FNR Political Analyst and Washington Post columnist Jeff Birnbaum will provide post-debate analysis. They will be joined by FOX News Radio Correspondent Todd Starnes and several special guests live from “Spin Alley”.

[AuntB]

"It surely is coming. One way to ensure a Democrat victory in the Presidential election is to promote the most liberal of primary candidates on the Republican side. This will drive the conservatives away from the ballot boxes in November. That is exactly what the press has been doing, and the comments on FreeRepublic show that it is indeed working. There are so many people on this forum willing to shed their beliefs for the god of electability, but theirs is a false hope. Come November there will be angry debates here on FreeRepublic over why conservatives won't vote for the liberal Republican candidate. The people screaming the loudest will the very same people who are now pushing those liberal candidates down our throats.

As is often said here, "elections have consequences", and that includes primaries. Promote a liberal in the primaries today, and we will elect a liberal in November. What will make them angry is that it won't be 'their' liberal who gets elected."

You nailed it.

[loboinok]

Post the rest of the paragraph:

I was addressing the sole,"Fox strikes again." comment that appeared to 'wax over' the major part of the responsibility of the South Carolina Republican Party.

"Candidates who received invitations to participate in the debate have announced formal campaigns for president; filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and the South Carolina Republican Party to run for president; paid all candidate filing fees associated with their candidacy; met all U. S. constitutional requirements; and garnered at least 5% of the national electorate as determined by an average of the most recent national telephone polls of registered voters conducted by non-partisan public opinion polling organizations leading up to the registration deadline as determined by the South Carolina Republican Party and FOX News Channel; or, place in the top five in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary on January 8, 2008."

Point specifically, to what part FOX News Channel played in that.

[deport]

Anyone who has qualified to be on the ballot should be included in the debate. Period. Why should it make difference if they’ve polled a certain percentage in a phone poll?

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So you’d like to see all 11 qualified to be in the SC ballot in the circus?.... We are past time for a candidate to garner support in the public and establish himself as a viable contender.

[CJ Wolf]

They signed petitions to get these folk on the ballot:

Hugh Cort

John Cox

Cap Fendig

Rudy Giuliani

Mike Huckabee

Duncan Hunter

John McCain

Ron Paul

Mitt Romney

Tom Tancredo

Fred Thompson

[cripplecreek]

As is often said here, "elections have consequences", and that includes primaries. Promote a liberal in the primaries today, and we will elect a liberal in November. What will make them angry is that it won't be 'their' liberal who gets elected.

Have no fear, it will never be their fault. Just like democrats they'll need a scapegoat and frankly I don't care if it's me or not. Their own lust for power at any cost will lose the election for the RINOs and I won't feel guilt for their lack of principles.

[jwparkerjr]

Oops, my mistake. I spoke about that of which I had insufficient knowledge. I’m good at that. Thanks to both of you for setting me straight.

[Fred]

Romney Pulls Ads from South Carolina and Florida

[Picklezz]

Eventually the POND SCUM find ways to cheat. They’s got it down to a science now.

[deport]

You found a more complete list than I did..... You can’t allow all on the circus floor now. The time for that was back in the straw poll days......... You’ll see straw poll results touted but in reality they didn’t translate into people/funding support for all the candidates.

Thanks for posting the complete list.

[pissant]

LOL. Mitt is making his stand in the blue states, apparently.

[Little_GTO]

At the time Congressman Hunter paid his $35,000 were the rules for participation in any SC Republican Party sponsored debate disclosed?

[pissant]

No. they just came up with it recently.

[Little_GTO]

Yes, I see Duncan Hunters name there.

What’s your point?

[Picklezz]

I don’t know who said Hunter wasn’t trying in NH. I was privy to a conference call where he specifically said he was pounding NH. He had radio and TV ads ready to go. He needed money to buy time. For heaven sake, donate to his campaign so he can at least compete a little bit. He doesn’t have the millions like the Clintoons and McPain and Romney, and Obama with his Oprah money. He needs financial support, big time. If you think Duncan Hunter should be the next President, GIVE to his campaign. Don’t just sit there and SAY, “I support Duncan Hunter ‘08.” Really do it with funds.

[Jokelahoma]

I have no idea. Was the debate even scheduled at that time? If so, does that mean $35K will buy anyone into the debate? Anyone? If not anyone who pays $35K, then what criteria do you use to pare the field?

[Little_GTO]

>as determined by the South Carolina Republican Party and FOX News Channel

"and" would indicate a joint decision.

[Picklezz]

That’s good to know. Encourage everyone who shows interest to do likewise - which I suspect you do.

Go Hunter

[deport]

Hunter may should have been included but I blame him more for his failure to garner support than I do the promoters for setting qualifications that exclude him. He’s been in this thing for a year or more and the public has basically told him no dice. They did the same with Tancredo who was polling better than Hunter and had enough smarts to get out. If Thompson doesn’t produce in SC he’ll be in the same fix and should be out the door.

Politics is a rough and tumble affair. A few winners and a lot of losers.

[Little_GTO]

I have no idea. Was the debate even scheduled at that time? If so, does that mean $35K will buy anyone into the debate? Anyone? If not anyone who pays $35K, then what criteria do you use to pare the field?

What does schedule have to do with debate participation criteria?

I'm sure a person of your intelligence could come up with better criteria then what they used. I have a few criteria in mind, but you go first.

[LaurenD]

Well, we now know that he’d let us all be blown to hell before he’d have water poured up his nose for a few seconds don’t we? The question was not ambiguous and his answer was not ambiguous.

Add that to his record of fighting the Bush Adm on military tribunals, surveillance of terrorists, and “due process” of terrorists. Few Republicans in congress fought the Bush Adm, but he was one of them. Reaching across the aisle to the other side again. I wish he’d reach back across the aisle to conservatives every now and then but that’s not the direction he is used to.