End of Primary Debates May Be in Sight

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Conservative Byte

And, just like that, the seemingly endless series of Republican presidential debates may finally be grinding to a halt.

On Thursday, Mitt Romney‘s campaign announced that they had no plans to participate in a March 1 debate in Atlanta, sponsored by CNN and the Georgia Republican Party. The news was first reported by CBS News/National Journal.

In an e-mail, the Romney campaign said that they were unable to make the debate because of scheduling demands before the series of primaries and caucuses on March 6, known as Super Tuesday.

“Governor Romney will be spending a lot of time campaigning in Georgia and Ohio ahead of Super Tuesday,” wrote Andrea Saul, a campaign spokeswoman. “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. We have participated in 20 debates, including eight from CNN.”

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  • Dolores F. Tamoria

    Well maybe we Conservatives won’t take the time out of OUR SCHEDULES to cast a vote for them either. The three of the coptRF out of the debate in order not to have to face Newt on any issues of which Newt can present actual plans for getting things done. All I’ve heard out of the
    two leaders is what they hope to do but no actual plans for doing it and the Third ME TOO is just as bad. They sound like Obama..TALK, TALK, TALK, BUT NO SUBSTANCE. A debate on the Issues and How They Plan to Implement them is what we need to hear…so far NOTHING!

    • OLD MAN

      I’m a conservative Republican…….The Democrats are very happy that the Republican candidates are fighting among themselves instead of fighting OBAMA. The primary debates have played right into the liberal media “gotcha” game. Pure stupidity!

  • KSB

    All need to see thru the smoke Romney, Santorum, and Paul are blowing. They fear big Newt as they should. Come convention time, he’s going to kick butt with Palin right beside him. You’ll see

  • Bill in NC

    These debates only help Obummer in the long run for not talking about the REAL problems that this country faces. With the Media Matter cronies polorizing these debates CNN,ABC,NBC; The contraception aproach is all these nut jobs in media have to bring up in these debates is looney. Out country is going to hell in a hand basket and we need a Dwight David Eisenhower in the White House to jump start this nation in the right direction.

  • Sam

    I hope they are over. All the debates have done is scare independents away and improve Obama’s favorable ratings. The free advertising kept Paul, Santorum ,and Gingrich in the race. Now the candidates all look crippled and people are not sure what to do. The party is supposed to unite behind their best chance to win and take the fight to Obama. Instead, they are wallowing around in personal attacks which are meaningless, but helpful to the democrats.

  • Ellen

    We don’t need any more damn debates – get on to the elections so we can take out the trash!