Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced on Saturday that he would not be running for President of the United States, effectively locking in the field for the 2008 presidential race. With Gingrich, the last fence-straddler, out, and Fred Thompson finally officially in, the preliminary warmup stage is complete. The real race has begun. Consider this all-politics Sunday Show Roundup the starting gun, or perhaps the starting-of-the-sprint-to-the-start gun.
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It all boils down to what Reagan did in 1988 bowing to pressure from the right: "Abolishing the Fairness Doctrine" which allowed channels like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh to exist. 92% of radio talk show hosts are right wing persuasion. Public airwaves belong to the public and the fairness doctrine must be restored. Insist that the presidential candidates promise to restore the fairness doctrine and bust the 5 media monopolies which control our thought process.