WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will not participate in a Fox News presidential debate in September.
The online group Moveon.org and other liberal activists urged Democratic presidential candidates to skip Fox debates, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Former U.S. John Edwards, D-N.C., had already announced he wouldn't participate in the debate, which is co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus. The liberal activists charge that Fox is biased against Democrats.
Obama, D-Ill.; Clinton, D-N.Y.; and Edwards will participate in a debate that the Congressional Black Caucus is co-sponsoring with CNN in January in South Carolina, campaign aides told the Post.
"CNN seemed like a more appropriate venue," Obama spokesman Bill Burton told the Post.
U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., who used to head the caucus, told the Post Obama's decision was "unfortunate."
