- September 26, at the University of Mississippi, on foreign policy and national security, moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS.
- October 7, at Belmont University, in Tennessee, on topics drawn from a town-hall audience and moderated by Tom Brokaw of NBC News.
- October 15, at Hofstra University, in New York, on domestic and economic policy, moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS News.
- The campaigns also agreed to hold a debate between the yet-to-be-named vice-presidential candidates, on October 2 at Washington University in St. Louis, moderated by Gwen Ifill of PBS.
Political campaigns have become such a celeb-rotten carnival show. 90% of the time the media is too busy playing "gotcha" for there to be a serious discussion on the ISSUES.
We should be having an UNSCRIPTED debate EVERY SINGLE WEEK -- essentially, what the McCain campaign offered the Obama campaign.
Predictably, Obama chickened out.
Folks, compare the circus we have now vs the Lincoln-Douglass debates of 1858.
Does the current format serve YOU? Do you feel YOUR voice is being heard?
I rarely advocate any type of government mandate, but here's one I would enthusiastically support:
MANDATED WEEKLY DEBATES BEGINNING 90 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION!
We should be having an UNSCRIPTED debate EVERY SINGLE WEEK -- essentially, what the McCain campaign offered the Obama campaign.
Predictably, Obama chickened out.
Folks, compare the circus we have now vs the Lincoln-Douglass debates of 1858.
Does the current format serve YOU? Do you feel YOUR voice is being heard?
I rarely advocate any type of government mandate, but here's one I would enthusiastically support:
MANDATED WEEKLY DEBATES BEGINNING 90 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION!
