And in other news, the sky is blue, water is wet and Generalismo Francisco Franco is still dead.
With the Republican presidential primary appearing to have narrowed
into a two-man contest, Human Events and Red State moved quickly to lock
down a date for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate between Mitt Romney and
Newt Gingrich.
The two organizations went so far this past Monday as to firm up the
Annenberg Theater at the Newseum in Washington as the venue on Dec. 19
after another debate originally scheduled that day was canceled. For its
part, the Newseum was excited to host the pre-primary forum.
There was just one problem. While Gingrich was ready to take his
place on the stage, the Romney campaign politely declined in a series of
mostly e-mail exchanges.
As Joe Guerriero, publisher of Human Events and Red State, put it to
RCP: “Newt was all over it, and the Romney camp basically said no. It
wasn’t a harsh no, but it was a no.”
A Gingrich spokesman confirmed to RCP that the candidate was
interested and accepted the invitation, but a Romney spokeswoman didn’t
return a request for comment.
The Gingrich people didn't seriously believe that Romney would take the bait did they? Nor will Obama if it gets that far.
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