The circles in the photo are where former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, and Sen. John McCain of Arizona would have stood if only the Republicans had not skipped the debate at the historically black Morgan State University in Maryland.
Today the white men are suffering from an abundance of media criticism.
Some of the best criticism came last night from the GOP candidates who bothered to show up and have no chance in hell of winning the presidency.
Mike Huckabee: "I want to be President of the United States, not just President of the Republican Party...frankly, I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for our party and I'm embarrassed for those who didn't come, because there's long been a divide in this country and it doesn't get better when we don't show up."
Sam Brownbeck: "Disgrace that the others aren't here. They're sending a message of narrowing the debate! "I'm sorry - I'm sorry to you, and I'm sorry to those watching that they're not here."
And "Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado noted that he was the only Republican candidate who showed up this summer at a forum held by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People."
Four empty podiums
Republicans Snub Another Debate - Still Don't Like Blacks, Latinos, Gays, etc.
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