Romney, Paul and Santorum will skip March 1 debate

[babylonsister]

Romney, Paul and Santorum will skip March 1 debate
By Alicia M. Cohn - 02/16/12 02:04 PM ET


CNN cancelled their March 1 debate in Georgia after Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum signaled Thursday that they would not attend, meaning the GOP field will meet just once again before the critical "Super Tuesday" vote March 6.

Mitt Romney's campaign — the first to say it would not participate — said scheduling conflicts would prevent the former governor from attending.

"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," said Andrea Saul, Romney's campaign press secretary. "Gov. Romney will be spending a lot of time campaigning in Georgia and Ohio ahead of Super Tuesday."

She noted that Romney has participated in eight other debates hosted by CNN, and 20 previous GOP debates total.

Georgia GOP chairman Sue Everhart told The Atlanta Journal Constitution that Ron Paul would also skip the event, while Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley told the National Journal that the former senator "has no plans of doing it right now."

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/211197-report-romney-to-skip-last-debate-before-super-tuesday

[K Gardner]

1. Good god, they're all scared (well, except for Paul)..does

that mean Newt isn't even in the running?

[NV Whino]

2. No, Newt is going to debate with himself.