(CNN) - Fox News Channel has terminated the contracts of paid contributors and potential 2012 candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, a spokesman for the network confirmed to CNN.
Contracts for the former House Speaker and former Pennsylvania senator were suspended until May 1st while they considered runs for the White House in 2012.
Santorum, who will appear in Thursday's GOP presidential debate in South Carolina, has since formed a presidential exploratory committee.
A Gingrich spokesman has said Gingrich would be a candidate before next Friday's Georgia's state Republican convention.
Other possible GOP contenders, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, are still employees of Fox News.
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Besides... Newt looks like an angry baby. I can't imagine having an angry baby for a president.
Sounds like CNN is going to lose most of it's talking heads. I'm sure FOX will have no ethical problem putting them back on the air.
Perhaps they can get work co-hosting a revival of Bozo's Big Top. They certainly have the creds.
The debate might run something like this:
"I have OBL's head in my briefcase, right under this table. Now, did YOU bring your birth certificate? Because you have to a certified American HERO to duke it out with ME...."
Fair and balanced...but all of their correspondents are running on the Republican ticket...hmmm?
If only it were "with extreme prejudice".
Rick Santorum is a dangerous man.
"They'll be back" – because neither one of these dimbulbs has the slightest chance of gaining the Republican nomination, never mind winning the general election...
Truthfully, is anyone going to support he twirp Gingrich? The thought of him as a candidate is just silliness. Fox, I won't even comment.
If you liken the Tea Party to the tea party of Alice in Wonderland, you will notice some strange paralells...
it is unseemly to the point of being repulsive that most of the republican field has or is under contract from fox news. this merging of corporate media and political establishment resembles soviet russia. replublicans have drifted so far to the right they resemblie corporate style communists.
Though I am a republican, Gop and Fox do not have anyone that can compete with Obama, honestly. Gangrich is an old Hag
Being conservative does NOT mean intolerance of anyones beliefs. Most who are conservative would like to follow the idea of constitution without regard to beliefs or race or anything else. Conservatives are tiref of the idea that it is the governments responsibility to take care of everybody's every whim who does not have money. It is a conservative idea that more people ought to have the ability to open their own business and become successful without being punished for being so. Social programs have never been successful in any country because they sap the economy and they kill private sector companies. These are the things that most conservatives are concerned with. Also, most of the republicans today are NOT conservative and should move over to the Dem. party. Bush is a great example of a "closet liberal". with exception to the wars, his domestic policies are mostly liberal at best. As far as fair and balanced goes, there are NO fair and balanced news reporting agencies around. Most of them are indeed in the back pocket of the libs. This is why the CEO of GE is a direct advisor to Obama. Oh yeah, GE owns the entire MSNBC conglamorate. Hmmm, wonder if we'll get a fair story out of them as well?
The American people can continue their fallacious "us vs. them" "democrat vs. republican" "liberal vs. conservative" bantor, and even go and "vote" in the polls for whomever they support, but the fact of the matter is, no matter who votes for who, the "winner" or the "election" will be the guy appointed by the IMF and World Bank.
All GOP presidential candidates are on Fox Channel's payroll. It feels like Fox is owned by republican party. Any ways, I do know that it is a republican mouth piece.
LOL @ Peter E
anything the fox network does is really not news worthy, CNN why bother
Ron Paul for President!
Now they should move Palin to The Simpsons.....
Interesting to note that MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann for merely making a campaign contribution to a Democratic campaign, while FOX News [sic] actively recruits Republican presidential candidates for their network. "Fair and Balanced" indeed!
I think they'd show less partisan bias if they replaced them both with John Edwards.
Two more Republican losers I wont vote for.
So when is Fox going to get rid of the other two candidates? Just seems as long as they are being polled on, they are candidates too so terminate them, at least their contracts..~LOL~
Agreed! The less pulpit for Santorum , the better. The man is a dangerous social nemisis. The less exposure, the better.
Voters will follow suit and terminate them again and forever so Fox needs to hold those empty seats for these 2 empty suits.