{"id":632,"date":"2006-09-27T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/urge-debate-duckers-to-participate-in-democracy\/"},"modified":"2006-09-27T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T20:07:00","slug":"urge-debate-duckers-to-participate-in-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/urge-debate-duckers-to-participate-in-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Urge debate duckers to participate in democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It isn\u2019t just Gov. Bill Richardson who is ducking debates. <\/p>\n

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As reported in the Albuquerque Journal<\/a> today, U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., has accused Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid of avoiding televised debates \u2013 which Madrid<\/st1:state> has done \u2013 but Wilson<\/st1:city> has also declined two non-televised debates with Madrid<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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Though U.S. Rep. Steve P\"\"<\/a>earce, R-N.M., participated in one, mid-day debate with Democratic challenger Al Kissling, he has declined any other debates, including an upcoming offer from an Albuquerque<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> television station.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., has agreed to one upcoming televised debate and not yet responded to a challenge from Republican Allen McCulloch for several more. Bingaman has never been one to shy away from debates. Kudos to him for agreeing to the televised debate.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is also expected to agree to a televised debate with Republican challenger Ron Dolin, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>That leaves Richardson<\/st1:city>, Madrid<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, Wilson and Pearce as the duckers of televised debates.<\/p>\n

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If there isn\u2019t a gubernatorial debate this cycle, it would be the first time in recent history.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re having debates about debates, rather than issues,\u201d Allan Lerner of Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s Congregation Albert synagogue told the Journal. His center was to b\"\"<\/a>e the site of an Oct. 15 debate between Richardson and Dendahl that now appears to be dead because Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> doesn\u2019t want it televised and Dendahl insists that it be broadcast.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe voters deserve the chance to see the governor and his opponent in a public debate,\u201d Lerner told the Journal.<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> has declined two other televised debates with Dendahl. Madrid<\/st1:state> has declined three televised debates, but recently took part in an untelevised debate with Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> that was recorded by blogger Mario Burgos<\/a>, who posted the video<\/a> on his Web site. Madrid<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u2019s campaign later posted video of the debate on its site.<\/p>\n

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A recorded version of that debate was broadcast on the radio.<\/p>\n

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That was the case with the Pearce\/Kissling debate on Aug. 22. Pearce insisted it be held during the day on a weekday, ensuring no live television coverage. It was recorded by KRWG-TV and radio. The PBS affiliate\u2019s radio station later broadcast audio of the debate, but the television station has not broadcast video of the debate.<\/p>\n

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In the 21st<\/sup> Century, it is unreasonable for candidates to insist that debates not be televised or, as Pearce did, only agree to a debate that is less likely to be televised because of the time it\u2019s held.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve requested that KRWG share the video of the Pearce\/Kissling debate with me so I can publish it on this site, but have not received an answer. You can click here<\/a> to listen to the audio recording of the debate.<\/p>\n

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If you, like me, think there should be more televised debates, you can contact the campaigns of the duckers:<\/p>\n

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Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>: (505) 828-2455 or info@billrichardson2006.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pearce: (505) 523-4906 or campaign@pearceforcongress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Madrid<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>: (505) 242-6000 or madrid@madridforcongress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>: Click here<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It isn\u2019t just Gov. Bill Richardson who is ducking debates. As reported in the Albuquerque Journal today, U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., has accused Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid of avoiding televised debates \u2013 which Madrid has done \u2013 but Wilson has also declined two non-televised debates with Madrid. Though U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., participated […]<\/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-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","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=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}