John Edwards declined to participate in the Nevada debates, ostensibly because his campaign objects to Fox News being the hosts. The Nevada State Democrat party, after enduring an onslaught from far-left haters, backed down from their original idea of reach of "finding new ways to talk to new people."

From the Edwards campaign blog:

Fox has already started striking back at John for saying no. (There's a surprise - Fox attacking a Democrat.) Last night, Roger Ailes - the life-long Republican operative who is now Chairman of Fox News Channel - said that any candidate "who believes he can blacklist any news organization is making a terrible mistake" and "is impeding freedom of speech and free press."

And John's not their only target. Tonight Fox News Vice President David Rhodes is telling news organizations not to get involved in the Nevada Democratic Caucus because of "radical fringe" groups - meaning grassroots Democrats (that would be you) - who objected to Fox's long history of spreading Republican propaganda at the expense of Democratic leaders.

The whole right-wing is getting in on the attack; the Drudge Report is blaring the headline: "War! Dems Pull Out of Fox News Debate."

Enough is enough. It's time to send a clear message to Fox News and their allies that their right-wing talking points and temper tantrums won't go unchallenged anymore - when it comes to what Democrats should do in the Democratic primary, we'll decide - no matter what they report:

I guess Ann was right, Edwards really is a wuss and apparently so are his minions. Matthew Gross's characterization of Roger Aile's rather thoughtful reply as an "attack" suggests that Gross is a might sensitive, perhaps a little bit of a sissy.