TCG is no political expert, so she has to rely on bloggers and others to fill her in on political nuance. For example, I did not know that the Florida Republican Party, under the leadership of Party Chairman Jim Greer had made a deal with Fox to host a first GOP presidential debate, and then tried to undercut that deal by running another debate, with CNN, first.
But as we have seen, thanks to Hugh Hewitt and others, the Republicans have wised up and backed out, leaving the Sunshine State debate in a state of confusion. Here's some background from a Big Head DC:
According to insiders involved in the Florida debate, “Greedy Greer” conveniently forgot that the GOP made an agreement with FOX News Channel to have FNC’s debate in October serve as the first debate in the state for the 2008 race. Greer, who has yet to pass up a media opportunity, heard rumblings that CNN wanted to bring its YouTube debate to Florida for GOP candidates. Instead of respecting the agreement with FOX, Greer revealed his apparent man-crush on Anderson Cooper and Co. by publicly partnering with YouTube and CNN for the September 17 debate.
OK, that's one blogger's take--note the sly treatment of "La Anderson" Cooper. But what I found interesting was that Fox News, which was the victimized party here, chose not to escalate the fight. If Jim Geer took the low road, along with CNN, took the high road.
