Herman Cain: “We need a leader, not a reader”.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain returned to New Hampshire on Thursday for the first time in about a month, but couldn’t spare time for the state’s largest newspaper, an influential force among the group of voters he needs.
A scheduled meeting with the New Hampshire Union Leader‘s editorial board was canceled about an hour before it was to begin. There was disagreement over whether the meeting would be videotaped. The Union Leader typically allows filming of its meetings with presidential candidates; Cain’s campaign refused to allow it.
The newspaper is an influential voice among New Hampshire conservatives.
The development came several days after Cain appeared to struggle to respond when questioned about Libya during an interview with a Milwaukee newspaper, which was videotaped and went viral after it was posted on the Internet.
Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said the Union Leader canceled.
Politico reported that the spat was over the length of the interview:
But Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon blamed (newspaper officials) for what happened, saying they’d canceled the interview when the length of the meeting could not be agreed to. Gordon said the paper asked that the meeting be 45 minutes, not the 60 that (Union Leader publisher Joe) McQuaid said an all their candidates have done. Cain, he said, did not have time Thursday for a longer sit down.
“We would like to do something with them in the future,” he told The Associated Press.
McQuaid told Politico he was not aware the interview was canceled until it was reported by The Associated Press.
Meanwhile in the Tweetosphere, AP reporter Steve Peoples tweeted that “Cain defended his foreign policy stumbles. Says knowing every detail isn’t important: “We need a leader, not a reader”.
Recap of his Libya gaffe at the source
He would. I can't. Etc.
A scheduled meeting with the New Hampshire Union Leader‘s editorial board was canceled about an hour before it was to begin. There was disagreement over whether the meeting would be videotaped. The Union Leader typically allows filming of its meetings with presidential candidates; Cain’s campaign refused to allow it.
The newspaper is an influential voice among New Hampshire conservatives.
The development came several days after Cain appeared to struggle to respond when questioned about Libya during an interview with a Milwaukee newspaper, which was videotaped and went viral after it was posted on the Internet.
Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said the Union Leader canceled.
Politico reported that the spat was over the length of the interview:
But Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon blamed (newspaper officials) for what happened, saying they’d canceled the interview when the length of the meeting could not be agreed to. Gordon said the paper asked that the meeting be 45 minutes, not the 60 that (Union Leader publisher Joe) McQuaid said an all their candidates have done. Cain, he said, did not have time Thursday for a longer sit down.
“We would like to do something with them in the future,” he told The Associated Press.
McQuaid told Politico he was not aware the interview was canceled until it was reported by The Associated Press.
Meanwhile in the Tweetosphere, AP reporter Steve Peoples tweeted that “Cain defended his foreign policy stumbles. Says knowing every detail isn’t important: “We need a leader, not a reader”.
Recap of his Libya gaffe at the source
He would. I can't. Etc.