Because that is the only way you would know that she was in town. I apologize, she most certainly has been her to get her money and go from her influential friends and attend closed, non-public meetings. But let's be real about this "debate". If it were not held by a politically biased, former failed candidate and former failed community activist, failed husband (divorcee) trash talking homophobicm racist who likes to hold the moral stick up to others but does not take his own tempature and has not only been involved with domestic violence but allowed the govmint to pay his mortgage through foreclosure, perhaps more candidates would be willing to do his little forums. But I assure you that if a credible journalist of group had planned such an event, these candidates and others would have attended. In fact Senator Hagan has already been to UNCW this past spring for an open forum that WWAY did not cover even though repeatedly asked to becuase it was the same night as the big boat towing forum at UNCW and they thought that more important. How often has liddy announced that she was coming to town to a lot of folks and just been avaialbe to folks to talk...it ain't happened and it ain't gonna happen cause she ain't going off script..or the RNC talking points...oh, but Kay Haga was at the gas pumps for 4 hours just talking to regular folk...ALL folks...The difference is leadership, accessibility, honesty and standing up for North Carolina and Hagan has that.