I have a feeling (the next debate)

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I have a feeling (the next debate)
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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 12:15pm
I have a feeling that both parties in the next debate are going to really fire back at each other more than ever. Thoughts?

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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 12:41pm

Oh, lordee, I hope not.

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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 1:30pm

I think Obama will maintain his dignity, but I think McCain might get ugly, because his

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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 5:29pm

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Registered: 04-09-2007
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 5:42pm

Good question - I don't know this format.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 5:50pm

It looks like the format will be the same as the first debate.


 

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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 6:03pm

But you know what? In some ways it's not only that we want to know how he will lead, but the people who are undecided or blindly following Obama, he needs to show what Obama is into. Did I say that right? Oh, sometimes I don't explain myself well. *sigh*


"It's time to put the election behind us and the country in front of us. Barack Obama wasn't my choice, but come January 20th, he will be MY President.... I will not seek to see all

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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 6:05pm

Yeah, I think it will get very ugly. I dread it and will be so ready when it's all over.


"It's time to put the election behind us and the country in front of us. Barack Obama wasn't my choice, but come January 20th, he will be MY President.... I will not seek to see all

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Registered: 04-04-2008
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 6:09pm
I personally think that all the debates should be town hall meetings where all the voters can ask them questions.
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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 6:15pm
Oh, I totally agree. It was supposed to be, wonder what happened?

Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?


"It's time to put the election behind us and the country in front of us. Barack Obama wasn't my choice, but come January 20th, he will be MY President.... I will not seek to see all

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Fri, 10-10-2008 - 7:02pm

Kinda interesting article here:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081010/pl_politico/14470;_ylt=Asx9vWnGtafnUPTWkr.yIBdsnwcF


After a thoroughly panned presidential debate, a wide-ranging coalition of activists on the left and the right is calling on Barack Obama and John McCain scrap the rules for the last presidential debate to avoid the stiff and scripted answers that many critics said deadened their earlier exchanges.


The group, which includes the likes of MoveOn, The Next Right, The Huffington Post and Wikipedia, sent a letter to the presidential candidates Friday pressuring them to change what they called a “lacking” debate that was lampooned as boring by Saturday Night Live.


At a minimum, the group demands that moderator Bob Schieffer be allowed to ask follow up questions to the candidates, who many believe have been allowed to skate through debates without being aggressively challenged on vague or non-responsive answers.


While the most recent debate did include questions from the Internet, the group is demanding that the candidate questioning be more transparent and accountable. To that end, the letter asks that questions be submitted and voted on online, and that the moderator be allowed “broad discretion” to follow up on the candidates' answers.


The final debate is Wednesday, Oct. 15.


The full text of the letter is below:


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