An MSNBC apology to the Clintons

Last update: February 9, 2008 - 10:23 PM

AN MSNBC APOLOGY TO THE CLINTONS

In case there was any doubt, using a prostitution metaphor for the daughter of a presidential candidate is not a good career move.

MSNBC suspended correspondent David Shuster on Friday for suggesting, on air, that the Clinton campaign had "pimped out" 27-year-old Chelsea by having her place phone calls to celebrities and Democratic Party superdelegates on her mother's behalf.

Shuster told viewers Friday that his words were "inappropriate. ... I apologize to the Clinton family, the Clinton campaign, and all of you who were justifiably offended."

Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign raised the possibility of boycotting future debates sponsored by MSNBC.

PAUL WON'T MAKE THIRD-PARTY RUN

Presidential hopeful Ron Paul said he will not run as a third-party candidate in a new message to supporters that seems to recognize his slim chances of getting the Republican nomination.

The Texas congressman wrote on his website Friday that he is making cuts to his national campaign staff and that he must also stay focused on not losing the primary for his House seat.

"With [Mitt] Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero," Paul wrote. "But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention, for our ideas."

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