U.S. Senate candidates debate over debates

IN TONIGHT'S DECISION 2008 COVERAGE ... THE 'DEBATE DEBATE' ESCALATES IN NEW MEXICO'S U-S SE...  More »

IN TONIGHT'S DECISION 2008 COVERAGE ... THE 'DEBATE DEBATE' ESCALATES IN NEW MEXICO'S U-S SENATE RACE. TODAY, STEVE PEARCE AND TOM UDALL CLASHED AGAIN OVER WHEN AND WHERE THEY'LL FACE OFF ON TELEVISION. STUART DYSON IS FRESH FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL -- HE JOINS US LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH MORE, STU? BLAME IT ON MEET THE PRESS - DEMOCRAT UDALL AND REPUBLICAN PEARCE HAD ALREADY AGREED ON THREE NEW MEXICO TV DEBATES WHEN THE NBC SUNDAY MORNING POLITICS SHOW INVITED THEM TO DUKE IT OUT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. THESE GUYS - WHO DISAGREE ON SO MUCH - CAN'T EVEN FIND COMMON GROUND IN ARITHMETIC! OUT Q 'ABORTION RIGHTS - FLAG BURNERS.' PEARCE WON'T BUDGE - MEET THE PRESS SHOULD BE A FOURTH DEBATE - CALLING ON UDALL NOW TO DEBATE EVEN MORE THAN THAT! ' I believe Tom Udall and I should be debating this - not three times in October - we should be debating every single day - Tom Udall has said he wants to debate but then he won't agree to any - let him come here and answer questions side by side - let him be proud of who he is and what he stands for!' UDALL - UNIMPRESSED - SAYS MEET THE PRESS SHOULD COUNT AS ONE OF THE THREE DEBATES - HE HAS A BROADER DEFINITION OF DEBATE ANYWAY! ' The citizens that are following this closely are seeing we're having a great debate - we're having it on our websites - we're having it in person - we have joint appearances in front of a variety of groups - we're going in and we're laying out our plans.' THE TWO MEN CLASH ON ENERGY - THE ENVIRONMENT - THE ECONOMY - IRAQ - ABORTION RIGHTS - FLAG-BURNERS! COMING UP AT SIX - MORE ON THE  « Less