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Obama calls Joint Session... will Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann have to miss GOP Debate?
Written by Ernest Hancock Subject: Obama Administration08-31-2011 • FoxNews
| Posted Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, at 2:37 PM EDT
SLATE.comSo, will they? Paul's campaign got back to me first.
"Dr. Paul is weighing his options," says the congressman's campaign spokesman, Jesse Benton. "Our campaign, however, thinks it is undignified that the President of the United States would resort to such transparent tactics to step on our Republican debate. The real losers here are the American People who deserve the opportunity to hear from both the President and the GOP contenders."
3 Comments in Response to Obama calls Joint Session... will Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann have to miss GOP Debate?
This particular debate was initially scheduled for May 2011, but was rescheduled for Sept 14th, 2011 and then rescheduled again for Sept 7th, 2011. As of this writing, the debate is a go for the Sept. 7th date.
From Fox News:
Earlier a Reagan Library official, speaking to Fox News, said there was no official reaction yet from the organizers of the debate, but the event has been on the schedule for months. Politico, which is co-sponsoring the debate with NBC News, had said the debate would not be postponed.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/31/obama-steps-on-gop-debate-with-jobs-speech/#ixzz1Wg0N3dHB
The debate has been postponed.
the little man in the white house backed down and agreed to have his campaign speech on sept 8th - what a joke.... FYI -this was the first time in recorded history (as far back as i can tell at least) that the president tried to set the date without first discussing it with the legislative leaders - what a punk and what a FAIL