The Republican Presidential Debate You Didn't See

Back in 2008, the Tucson Weekly discovered that getting on the Arizona presidential primary ballot doesn’t require cash, signatures or a political base. All you have to do is file a generic form. So the TW decided to recruit a slew of charismatic and/or odd individuals to run. They then hosted an hour-long debate with their fringe candidates on public access that they call Project White House.

In 2012, over half the Republicans on the ballot in the presidential primary are involved in TW‘s project.

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