Senate candidates disagree over when to debate

THE TWO MEN RUNNING FOR PETE DOMENICI'S JOB IN THE U.S. SENATE ARE WRANGLING NOW OVER WHEN AND W...  More »

THE TWO MEN RUNNING FOR PETE DOMENICI'S JOB IN THE U.S. SENATE ARE WRANGLING NOW OVER WHEN AND WHERE AND HOW MANY TIMES THEY'LL DEBATE BEFORE ELECTION DAY. STUART DYSON IS LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TOM UDALL AND STEVE PEARCE DON'T AGREE ON MUCH - INCLUDING DEBATES - DEMOCRAT UDALL WANTS THREE TV DEBATES - AFTER LABOR DAY - REPUBLICAN PEARCE WANTS MORE - AND SOONER THAN SEPTEMBER. OUT Q STEVE PEARCE - TRAILING UDALL IN THE POLLS - MOST RECENT RASMUSSEN LAST MONTH 28 POINTS - CHALLENGING UDALL TO DEBATE THIS SUMMER - THE TOPIC - ENERGY - SO FAR NO RESPONSE. BUT UDALL CHALLENGES PEARCE TO THREE TV DEBATES THIS FALL - TEAM UDALL SAYING WE'RE AT A CROSSROADS. ' 2008 is a very historical year for New Mexico - it's the first open Senate race in 36 years - and we've issued these challenges to make sure that people statewide are able to see where the two candidates stand.' TEAM PEARCE SAYS OKAY - BUT LET'S DO MORE - HOW ABOUT NOW! ' Frankly Stuart we feel it's a great disservice to the people of New Mexico that we are not gonna have a debate immediately - we think energy is the #1 issue for America and the state and that Congressman Pearce has real solutions to get the price of gas down.'THE NEW MEXICO FARM BUREAU SAYS UDALL NIXED A FACE-TO-FACE EXCHANGE WITH PEARCE AT THIS WEEKEND'S FARM BUREAU CONVENTION ON THE MESCALERO RESERVATION. THAT'S HOW IT GOES WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD IN THE POLLS - JUST ASK PEARCE - WHO NIXED A TV DEBATE WITH HIS OPPONENT RIGHT HERE BACK IN OH-SIX - DEMOCRAT AL KISSLING DEBATED ALONE - MUST-SEE TV! IN THE NEWSROOM STUART DYSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR.  « Less