Edwards says no to Fox Noise Channel

The John Edwards campaign will not be participating in the Fox Noise Channel debate ambush in Nevada. Via Kos:

Several of the campaigns I contacted are still trying to make a final determination, but the first to definitely say "no" is John Edwards. Deputy Campaign Manager Jonathan Prince emailed me the great news:

We will not be participating in the Fox debate. We're going to make lots of appearances in Nevada, including debates. By the end of March, we will have attended three presidential forums in Nevada - and there are already at least three proposed Nevada debates.

We're definitely going to debate in Nevada, but we don't see why this needs to be one of them.

Great job by the Edwards campaign on this, showing real leadership on this issue. Hopefully others will soon follow.

It's fashionable in the progressive blogosphere to eschew picking favorites for president right now, but this is a smart move by Edwards.

The netroots will remember this. Really, the only question is how long it will take the other candidates to figure this out.

This isn't complicated. Fox is a biased, hate-fueled propaganda outlet run by former Nixon toady Roger Ailes. The idea of them hosting a Democratic debate is ludicrous.

UPDATE: More responses from other Democratic presidential hopefuls.