After the democratic candidates (led by Edwards, if I'm remembering correctly) declined to participate in a Fox-sponsored debate last April, Hillary's campaign today accepted just such a scenario.
Risking the ire of progressive activists, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign announced that it has accepted a debate to air on Fox News on February 11, according to her chief strategist Mark Penn.
"There is an enormous interest in these debates an clamoring on the part of the Democratic Party for them," said Clinton's spokesperson Howard Wolfson. "We have not had a large number in which two people have participated. We've had multi-candidate debates... the fact is Senator Clinton has enjoyed the opportunity to debate and get her message out. Certainly as we move to the next exciting day of this nomination calendar, voters want the opportunity to see these two candidates compete against each other."
Though Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have frequently appeared on Fox News for interviews, Clinton may be debating alone. Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama, said that no plans existed as of now for his boss to participate in upcoming forums.
I think that this would be a good moment for Barack Obama to stick to his guns, and let Hillary debate with herself. It would be a nice way to differentiate himself from her, once again. To debate on the channel that allows Hannity and O'Reilly to spew hate-filled nonsense every night?
What do you think? Should Barack refuse to give Fox oxygen?