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In protest of Fox News’ excluding Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter from its GOP presidential candidates forum Sunday, the New Hampshire state Republican Party has withdrawn its sponsorship of the forum.
Fox did not respond to specific questions about Paul or the criteria used to issue invites, instead issuing a non-response response from Vice President of News David Rhodes, reading: "We look forward to presenting a substantive forum which will serve as the first program of its kind this election season."
National polls averaged by Real Clear Politics show Paul, a Texas congressman, polling at about 4 percent, behind the five invited candidates. But he drew nearly 10 percent of the support in Thursday’s Iowa caucuses — well ahead of Giuliani — and was polling near 10 percent in New Hampshire — again ahead of Giuliani, as well as Thompson.
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