Just days after saying Cathy McMorris Rodgers' refusal to debate was denying him a voice, congressional challenger Daryl Romeyn refused to debate when she changed her mind and offered to debate next week.

Whether the two candidates will meet face-to-face before the Nov. 2 election seems doubtful, but one thing seems sure. There will be no televised debate next week on KSPS-TV and KXLY-TV.

McMorris Rodgers' campaign contacted debate organizers on Friday,saying she wanted to withdraw her withdrawal from the Oct. 19 debate. The campaign said earlier in the week that she wouldn't participate due to "scheduling constraints." Producer Jill Johnson got tentative approval from the two stations, but couldn't contact Romeyn until the evening after he'd been interviewed on KXLY-TV's 6 p.m. newscast where he said he wasn't going to agree to the new offer.

To read more about the debate over a debate that turned into a non-debate, read this morning's story.

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