presidential debates

No poll, just wondering. Obviously it won't be available or at a bad time for some of us. Me? Certainly not. But I'm sure my wife will. I'm thinking of coming in to the office, putting some music on the computer, wearing headphones, and perhaps following a live fact-check.

Thought I would get the next debate thread started. The topics for the third presidential debate (Oct 19) have been announced, to be moderated by Chris Wallace. 1. Debt and entitlements 2. Immigration 3. The economy 4. The Supreme Court 5. Foreign hot spots 6. The candidates’ fitness to be...

The usual internet blah blah has some good news for the popcorn manufacturers of America.... Trump has thrown out (at least out of Trump Tower) his "international" advisors like The Mighty Flynn and the m.i.a. vice-presidential candidate and is concentrating his advice from Mercer/Breitbart...

Who do you think won?

Presidential Debate Moderators Are Set, With Lester Holt for the First I wish that they would have included Jorge Ramos.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/30/media/donald-trump-presidential-debates-schedule/ So it seems he and the RNC are already starting to come up with excuses for why he might not show up. If he won't show that means he is a complete coward, period. He won't face Hillary in one on one in debates yet...

O'Malley challenged the DNC about the small amount of debates that are scheduled. Obviously, more debates would help the lesser known candidates get their message out. However, there is also the fact that the Republican messages are getting out unchallenged because there have been no DNC...

According to Wikipedia, this has been tried twice before: once by Ralph Nader in 2000 and once by Gary Johnson in 2012. This is the first time a suit has been pursued on constitutional grounds, however. Green Jill Stein Is Fighting for Open Debates and Real Democracy

Last night it was a tough choice for me. On the one hand there was a Presidential debate on TV. On the other my San Francisco Giants were one win away from the World Series. I went with baseball. Besides, I rationalized, if the game got out of hand I could turn it or maybe dvr it. But in the...

With apologies to GLADOS; http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2012/10/16/mind-the-binder.aspx

PBS Statement Regarding October 3 Presidential Debate Seems like Romney's desire to cut federal funding to PBS should be a rather unpopular one across the board, but I'm seeing more humor in response than anything else. Maybe it just needs to sink in?

Okay, well I guess it is time to start talking about the debates right? If I have the schedule right I think they are coming up next week. Maybe we can make this the debate thread, what are your predictions compared to what actually took place. For his part, Romney is playing the "I am not a...

It turns out that Joe the Plumber isn't a licensed plumber and his first name isn't Joe, it's Sam. Interestingly enough, his last name is misspelled on his voter registration card, so hopefully he will be one of the voters purged from the Ohio voter rolls. Even more ironically, “Joe”...

So tonight the final debate will be held at the Hofstra University at 9:00 PM EST. My prediction is that it will be a boring debate, McCain will not throw mud at Obama - and as a result, the angry mob will burn down McCain's 37 Houses, making Obama the new President while John will suspend his...

Errrrrr.... I understand that political campaigns try to spin things in their favor even when the points in question are against them but... come on.... http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/13/america/NA-POL-US-Elections.php They are down a "couple" of points? The economy has hurt them...

Okay, so who do you think won and why? Proceed...

You vote. My personal opinion is mostly a draw with slight edge to McCain. He sounded more little more like the maverick than Obama as a positive change agent.

Why am I not surprised? :rolleyes: Pact on Debates Will Let McCain and Obama Spar Seems to me that the wheels have come off the "Straight-Talk" Express. So much for Sarah Palin being able to "hold her own" in a straight up debate with Joe Biden. Of course, that's just me being all sexist...

KR-V6bl41zU Nader wants to work with Google to host more-democratic presidential debates, so we can see a debate between (for example) Republican, Democrat, Green, Libertarian, and independent presidential candidates. Even with the weight of Google behind it, this will be a tough hurdle. The...

Like a fool I will watch the debate tonight and will probably be underwhelmed by it all. I would rather see Bush and Kerry don boxing gloves and head gear, since they are amatuers, and go three rounds in a boxing ring. Who would win? I tend to favor Kerry for his 6'4" height and longer reach...

Survivor:Vanuatu I heard 2 people will be voted off tonight!!! :eek: We can also discuss The Apprentice, which is also normally on tonight, but was on last night instead for some reason.

From The New York Times (registration required) and AP: This is really the first good news of the campaign. Both camps actually agreed on the debates, and the agreement appeared to be reached in good faith by both camps. Presidential debates will take place on September 30 (University of...

I was watching that CPD mouthpiece Janet Brown on C-SPAN Sunday making excuse after excuse to caller after caller wondering why they can't have other options in the debates other than the Big Two. It's clear she was just talking around the answer, but the general jist of it seemed to be...

There's just no way to deny it: the people WANT to see an alternative—ANY alternative—in the debates. Since the Demopublicans have gained complete control of this process, viewership has plummeted and voter apathy has increased. Their arguments that the people don't want/can't handle it are...