John Edwards Frightened of Fox News: Candidate Pulls Out of Debate

Can Ann Coulter bail out John Edwards?  The Democratic presidential candidate is actually pulling out of a debate because it is being co-hosted by Fox News and the Nevada Democratic Party.  Is John Edwards frightened of Fox?  "There were a number of factors and Fox was one of those. We're already planning to participate in a jam-packed schedule of debates across this country…we can't attend every single debate and forum," the campaign said in a statement.

John Edwards Frightened of Fox News: Candidate Pulls Out of Debate

It appears that Edwards is trying to appease the far left of his party.  MoveOn.org Civic Action says it has collected more than 260,000 signatures on a petition that calls the cable network a "mouthpiece for the Republican Party, not a legitimate news channel."

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I can't imagine this ending well for John Edwards.  If he were to get elected to anything ever again what would he do when faced with a media outlet not approved of by his campaign?  And to take matter in the direction Edwards has now moved, does that mean CNN, ABC, NBC and the rest of the alphabets are in bed with the Democratic Party?

Democratic Party officials and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid initially touted the partnership with Fox News as an opportunity to reach out to a different bloc of voters.  But in a letter posted Wednesday on the party's Web site, Democratic Party Chairman Tom Collins said Reid now shares activists' concerns and "has asked us to take another look." 

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In an amazing attempt to appease Edwards who even New York Times liberal columnist Maureen Dowd refers to as 'The Breck Girl' Collins said the party would invite a "local progressive voice" to participate on the debate panel, which also would include a reporter from a local Fox affiliate, a national Fox News reporter and the moderator.

The party also invited the local Air America affiliate, a liberal radio network, to air the event live. C-SPAN will carry the debate after the Fox News broadcast and PoliticsTV.com to carry the live Fox News webcast feed on its site for one-time viewing, he said.

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MoveOn Civic Action spokesman Adam Green dismissed the offer as "a lame proposal that would have multiple Fox personalities joined by one lone Air America panelist. That's a rigged, unfair and unbalanced debate."

"The Fox debate should just be canceled and a more legitimate news source should be found," Green said.  In other words, one that will lob softballs to John Edwards.