Showing posts with label Democratic debates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democratic debates. Show all posts

Monday, September 22, 2008

Pit Bull Or Weasel?

Lipstick on a weasel?

From Pact on Debates Will Let McCain and Obama Spar by Patrick Healy:

The Obama and McCain campaigns have agreed to an unusual free-flowing format for the three televised presidential debates, which begin Friday, but the McCain camp fought for and won a much more structured approach for the questioning at the vice-presidential debate, advisers to both campaigns said Saturday.

At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.

McCain advisers said they had been concerned that a loose format could leave Ms. Palin, a relatively inexperienced debater, at a disadvantage and largely on the defensive.
Read the rest here.

Why is Sarah Palin getting special treatment? Glenn Beck says that "Palin's career has been filled with executive experience. She's the only one of the four in this race who has run a business, town, and/or state (a state that gives her crucial energy experience in the middle of an energy crisis)."

Pit Bull Or Weasel? Or just bull?

Friday, April 18, 2008

Seems Like A Good Idea To Me

Sen. Barack Obama proves that he is more intelligent, a better leader, and cares more about the well being of the American people than Hillary Clinton.

From Obama: Let's campaign, not have more debates:

Sen. Barack Obama suggested Thursday that he doesn't see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Clinton has agreed to a debate next week, but Obama has not accepted the invitation.

At an appearance in Raleigh, North Carolina, Obama said he has a lot of campaigning to do in a limited amount of time.

Obama said he had agreed to an earlier debate, but Clinton declined that one.

"I'll be honest with you, we've now had 21," he said. "It's not as if we don't know how to do these things. I could deliver Sen. Clinton's lines; she could, I'm sure, deliver mine."