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Hunter: Now That I Have Your Attention ...

Candidate summons media to announce he's not dropping out

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2008 3:39 PM CST

(Newser) – Duncan Hunter pulled a fast one on the press corps today, the LA Times reports: The GOP presidential candidate fueled speculation he’d withdraw from the race by announcing a “major announcement”—then used the occasion to complain about his exclusion from this weekend’s debates. Hunter says he's in the race "no matter what happens" tomorrow.

Taking advantage of the spotlight, the California congressman laid into ABC and Fox, the networks that denied him debate berths: “Who do they think they are?” he asked. He also noted he won a delegate at Saturday’s Wyoming caucuses—putting him one ahead of Rudy Giuliani.

Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., responds to a question during the Univision Republican Presidential Candidate Forum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., responds to a question during the Univision Republican Presidential Candidate Forum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Sunday,...   (Associated Press)
Rebublican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., arrives for a press conference to announce that he is not withdrawing from the campaign despite being excluded from recent debates Monday Jan. 7, 2008 in Manchester, N.H.  (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Rebublican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., arrives for a press conference to announce that he is not withdrawing from the campaign despite being excluded from recent debates Monday...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., announces that he is not withdrawing from the campaign, despite being excluded from recent debates, during a press conference Monday Jan. 7, 2008 in Manchester, N.H.  (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., announces that he is not withdrawing from the campaign, despite being excluded from recent debates, during a press conference Monday Jan....   (Associated Press)
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