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Obama Rejects N.C. Debate Offer
It looks as though Katie Couric is being shut out on the presidential debate front.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had accepted an offer from CBS to debate Sen. Barack Obama in North Carolina on Sunday after "60 Minutes," but he has turned down the offer, and the session was officially called off Monday.
Obama had little incentive for another face-off. He is comfortably ahead in the state and, after drawing most of the tough questions in last week's ABC debate in Pennsylvania, undoubtedly wasn't looking forward to a sequel.
Ace Smith, director of Clinton's campaign in North Carolina, said in a statement that "we are willing to move forward with another time and location for the debate so that [Obama] has no excuse for not participating."
Obama spokesman Bill Burton replied: "It's unfortunate that the Clinton campaign decided to play politics with this. . . . Their attacks indicate they are really not looking for a debate, but any forum to continue their negative, throw-the-kitchen-sink campaign."
-- Howard Kurtz
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