{"id":3484,"date":"2008-07-22T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/07\/pearce-says-he-wants-at-least-three-debates\/"},"modified":"2008-07-22T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T20:43:00","slug":"pearce-says-he-wants-at-least-three-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/07\/pearce-says-he-wants-at-least-three-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearce says he wants &#8216;at least&#8217; three debates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SIZGsnuhcAI\/AAAAAAAAGP0\/wPDgNFJmwC4\/s1600-h\/Pearce,+Steve.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SIZGsnuhcAI\/AAAAAAAAGP0\/wPDgNFJmwC4\/s200\/Pearce,+Steve.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225942150002339842\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Republican U.S. Senate candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforpearce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Pearce<\/a> responded today to a challenge from Democratic opponent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomudall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Udall<\/a> to attend three debates by saying he wants at least three.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe Pearce campaign completely agrees that at least three debates made available to all media in <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> in a format that provides the widest discussion of ideas is essential for what is truly a historic election,\u201d Pearce campaign manager John Billingsley wrote in a letter to Udall campaign manager Amanda Cooper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Earlier today, Cooper sent a letter to the Pearce campaign <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/udall-challenges-pearce-to-three.html\">challenging Pearce to three debates<\/a> to be held after Labor Day, televised and coordinated to reach every part of the state, and to include a \u201cvariety of formats to allow the most statewide interaction with the people of <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe voters need to know that Congressman Udall and some of the most radical special interests in the Democratic Party have been standing in the way of <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>\u2019s ability to move forward on energy, education, the economy, on issue after issue,\u201d Pearce\u2019s campaign manager wrote. \u201cBoth Congressman Udall and Congressman Pearce have voting records that speak to who they are and what they believe. We look forward to the opportunity to reveal Congressman Udall\u2019s record to the people while proudly reminding voters of Congressman Pearce\u2019s common sense, pro-family, pro-business record.\u201d<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Pearce responded today to a challenge from Democratic opponent Tom Udall to attend three debates by saying he wants at least three. \u201cThe Pearce campaign completely agrees that at least three debates made available to all media in New Mexico in a format that provides the widest discussion of ideas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}