Jon Huntsman Campaign Scores Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate With Newt Gingrich
by Tommy Christopher | 5:15 pm, December 2nd, 2011
Shortly after mocking the notion of a Donald Trump-moderated debate, the Jon Huntsman campaign has announced that they have scored a major coup. In an email to reporters, the Huntsman campaign announced it had accepted an invitation to a Lincoln-Douglas style debate with current frontrunner Newt Gingrich, to be held in New Hampshire. Huntsman campaign manager Tim Miller also twisted the knife into Trump and rival Mitt Romney a little more.
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I have to confess, when I first saw Miller’s email, I thought it was a mock “acceptance” to try and goad Gingrich into such a debate (Gingrich has haughtily issued the same challenge to President Obama), but this is the real deal. This is a huge gamble for Gingrich, and a Tiffany-worthy gift to Huntsman, whose hopes rest on a win in New Hampshire. Polling on the bubble in the first-in-the-nation primary state, Huntsman is dropping all of his ordnance in that state, and a one-on-one forum with the national frontrunner is a priceless opportunity to gain ground.
According to the campaign’s email, New Hampshire polling leader (for now)
Mitt Romney declined the same invitation,
while agreeing to attend the Trump debate. “It is telling that Governor Romney has declined to participate because this substantive format makes it hard for him to hide from his record,” Miller said.
more:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/jon-huntsman-campaign-scores-lincoln-douglas-style-debate-with-newt-gingrich/
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