The Democratic Party pulled the plug Wednesday on a CBS presidential-candidate debate set to be held in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, citing a possible strike by CBS News employees represented by the Writers Guild of America. The move came after more than a week of back-channel conversations in which CBS labor negotiators sought to persuade the WGA to refrain from picketing the event out of public interest. Worried Democratic Party officials, meanwhile, also tried to pin the union down about its plans. Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Karen Finney said there were no plans to reschedule.
See "Democrats cancel CBS presidential debate over strike concerns", Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2007