Poor Newt Condemned To Applause-less Debates

Raucous Republican Primary Debates Seem More Made for TV - NYTimes.com: "In fact, the protocol for the general election debates, which are overseen by the Commission on Presidential Debates, is that audiences sit in virtual silence or risk being escorted out.

But the primary debates play by different rules. They are often co-sponsored by state parties or other political organizations, like the Tea Party Express, which teamed up with CNN for a debate in September. These groups are given discretion over most of the tickets, meaning that the audiences are usually a politically charged bunch."

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He may want to withdraw now.

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