Fox News gets early start on promotion of GOP's “Pledge”

House Republicans won't release the party's “Pledge to America,” a series of proposals in foreign and fiscal policy, until tomorrow morning. That hasn't stopped Fox News from getting started promoting the package this evening.

The network featured more than 17 minutes of coverage tonight from 6 p.m. ET through 11 p.m. ET.

Special Report led with coverage of the proposal and provided a panel discussion of the topic, for a total of over 11 minutes of airtime devoted to the GOP proposal. Sean Hannity outlined the Republican proposal and discussed it with Fox News political analyst Karl Rove (His response? “I like it.”) The Fox Report also touched on the story.

Adding this to the network's to its recent history of playing sounding board and fundraiser for conservative candidates, and its clear that Fox isn't backing away from its role as the GOP's faithful communications arm.