The N.C. Democratic Party has canceled a proposed presidential debate.
The party had scheduled a debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 27, with CBS News anchor Katie Couric and Bob Schieffer to moderate and N.C. State University to cosponsor.
Clinton agreed, but Obama did not commit to the debate. Several top state Democrats pressured Obama to accept the debate and 10,000 people signed up for tickets at the party's Web site.
In a press release, party spokeswoman Kerra Bolton said that "time constraints and logistical issues" were partly to blame and alluded to a much-criticized debate in Pennsylvania last week.
"While there was great interest in the debate, there were also growing concerns about what another debate would do to party unity," she said in a statement.
She said both candidates have committed to attending the party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh on Friday, May 2.
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