debates

Many are fascinated by the behind-the-scenes campaign news/gossip reported in Newsweek’s election special. One of the more interesting tidbits to me was that both candidates were somewhat uncomfortable with the format of the presidential debates.
Newsweek reports this quote from Barack Obama while he was preparing for a debate — a quote which, as an environment [...]

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The Christian Science Monitor’s Jimmy Orr has a piece today asking what could the McCain campaign possibly have left up its sleeve, after two months of surprises?

What do the McCain campaign and the Bush administration have in common?
Neither one likes The New York Times’ columnist Maureen Dowd much. The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz includes this little nugget in his piece today about the media circus surrounding Friday’s presidential debate:

Tonight’s debate offers a huge opening for both candidates.

Where to even begin…
Last night, President George W. Bush helped to bail out Sen. John McCain following the latter’s erratic decision to suspend the campaign so he can come to Washington to help bail out Wall Street. Bush invited both candidates to the White House for a meeting with Congressional leaders for a discussion on [...]

PolitickerCO’s Jeremy Pelzer reported that the McCain campaign’s regional spokesman in Colorado, Tom Kise, accidentally emailed reporters the campaign’s internal talking points on Sen. John McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign.
From our sister site, The Colorado Independent:

Today the Commission on Presidential Debates launched an online toolset through MySpace, in a dedicated portal called MyDebates.org.
Organizers say this is the “first” time that the commission has injected “online functionality” into the debates during its 21-year history. The tools is intended to “personalize the debates” and integrate “new media into the debate series.”
What does [...]