2008 election
As an aside, it would be fun to find a "caption" for the picture above.
I'll go with McCain saying, "Don't worry son, I won't be too hard on you during the debates. You just need a little more experience." :)
From McCain.com
ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, the McCain and Obama campaigns released the following statement on the Presidential debates:
"The Barack Obama and John McCain campaigns have agreed to hold three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate in September and October sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The campaigns have come to the earliest agreement on presidential debates reached in any general election in recent history. This announcement reflects the presidential campaigns' agreement on dates, locations, and the formats for the fall debates. Campaign-appointed debate negotiators House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said they were pleased to have reached an early agreement to provide the American people with the opportunity to see and hear the candidates debate the critical issues facing the country. The two campaigns have accepted sponsorship of the debates by the Commission on Presidential Debates, subject to the debates being conducted under the terms of their agreement."
Summary Of McCain-Obama Debate Agreement:
The two campaigns agreed today on a framework for four General Election debates, to be sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Key elements of the agreement are:
1. First Presidential Debate:
- Date: September 26
- Site: University of Mississippi
- Topic: Foreign Policy & National Security
- Moderator: Jim Lehrer
- Staging: Podium debate
- Answer Format: The debate will be broken into nine, 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate 2 minutes to comment. After these initial answers, the moderator will facilitate an open discussion of the topic for the remaining 5 minutes, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment
2. Vice Presidential Debate
- Date: October 2nd
- Site: Washington University (St. Louis)
- Moderator: Gwen Ifill
- Staging/Answer Format: To be resolved after both parties' Vice Presidential nominees are selected.
3. Second Presidential Debate
- Date: October 7
- Site: Belmont University
- Moderator: Tom Brokaw
- Staging: Town Hall debate
- Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment. In the spirit of the Town Hall, all questions will come from the audience (or internet), and not the moderator.
4. Third Presidential Debate
- Date: October 15
- Site: Hofstra University
- Topic: Domestic and Economic policy
- Moderator: Bob Schieffer
- Staging: Candidates will be seated at a table
- Answer Format: Same as First Presidential Debate
- Closing Statements: At the end of this debate (only) each candidate shall have the opportunity for a 90 second closing statement.
All four debates will begin at 9pm ET, and last for 90 minutes. Both campaigns also agreed to accept the CPD's participation rules for third-party candidate participation.
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Barack Obama must now feel that ,since he won the primary, he can morph his positions on virtually every major position upon which he ran and no one will notice.
It's just incredible that,every day, he seems to ignore the words he read a few months ago and thinks that his newly written words will not be challenged.
I'm sure that Moveon.org was stunned by his rebuke of the "General Betray Us" ad that Obama refused to condemn during a senate vote and now says that it was mistake. There goes those small doner contributions.
How many times will Obama be allowed to change his mind and reject the town hall style debates (which he supports but won't have one with McCain) before the MSM decides that he is just another politician with an incredible marketing team?
It's starting to look like there may be some communication between the Clinton and Obama camps. I can't imagine what type of compromise that they may or may not have reached but it is obvious that ,after tomorrow's primary, both camps have comprised some sort of strategy. They are both lawyers and Obama knows the Golden Rule[Don't ask a question if you don't know the answer]. But in this case he is predicting a Koom By Ya moment in November. How can that happen unless it has something to do with Wednesday's trip to New York?
Here is the story from Newsmax
It's going to happen, promised the Democratic front-runner.
Saying Clinton had "run an outstanding race," Obama said to applause that "she and I will be working together in November." He did not elaborate.
Obama: He and Clinton to Work Together in Fall
Monday, June 2, 2008 1:59 PM
TROY, Mich. -- Barack Obama said Monday he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be "working together in November" despite fears by some that the Democratic Party will be divided after the long and bitter primary campaign.
On the eve of the final two primaries, Obama told a rally and town-hall-style meeting in this Detroit suburb of Troy that he understands that people wonder "whether the Clinton folks are going to support the Obama folks" and vice versa.
It's going to happen, promised the Democratic front-runner. read more »
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