Hillary wants to debate on Fox News. This amounts to giving the netroots the finger.

[beachmom]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/5/14818/30852/172/450377#c208

Markos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/5/142715/9856/138/450403

Apparently having realized they've lost the netroots and not giving a damn anymore, the Hillary campaign has decided they want to legitimize the right-wing propagandists on Fox News after all.

In a conference call with reporters, Clinton strategist Mark Penn announced that Clinton would like to face off against Obama in one debate every week between now and March 4.

"The campaign believes that it’s critically important that we continue the debate," he said, citing the questions of "who offers universal healthcare and who's best prepared to fix the economy."

Debates have, generally, been stronger turf for Clinton, but it's also a mark of the shifting dynamic: You don't usually see the frontrunner demanding debates.

Penn said Clinton would like to see debates in Ohio, Texas, and Washington, and had already accepted three: One on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopolous, one CNN debate in Ohio February 27, and an MSNBC debate the next day hosted by Chris Matthews.

Wolfson also said Clinton has accepted a debate on Fox News, something Democrats shunned last year. That debate is scheduled for February 11, in Washington D.C., and would also air on the local Fox affiliate.

Now there has been some disagreement within the netroots as to whether to appear on Fox News at all, but where there has been real consensus is to NOT let Fox News run a Democratic debate. The Clinton campaign knows full well how the netroots feels about this -- they've just decided to throw us under the bus, too. I guess we should feel proud to be in the good company of AAs in South Carolina.