You Can Rule Out Spontaneity in the Debates
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Los Angeles Times - Voters tuning in to the first 2004 presidential debate Thursday may be expecting a freewheeling give-and-take between the candidates, but the occasion will actually be one of the most carefully structured events of the campaign.
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The debate is so politically loaded that it's tough to tell who's being straight about the real areas of progress and how breakthroughs can be achieved. TIME sorts it out
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TONIGHTâS debate will be a duel between two delusional optimists. It pits a man who regards recent events in Iraq as âsteady progressâ against a man who, while accusing the President
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Campaign officials for US President George W. Bush were non-committal as to when -- or whether -- he would take part in debates against Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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One thing about the Republican presidential race is certain Â the nomination won't be by acclamation.
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In their duel of wits and words, the two &quot;seconds&quot; in the race for the White House sometimes appeared more evenly matched than the two top-of-the-ticket contenders who debated last week.
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As in war, there&#39;s plenty of fog and smoke on the political battlefield that makes it hard to see what&#39;s going on. But there is one place in particular that you can go and cut through the competing messages and find a least a kernel of truth.
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Okay, wonks: Think you know how the political game works?
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Nobody's perfect. It might be best to pick your battles.
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President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry made few major factual errors in their first debate, although on occasion they stretched the truth or left out inconvenient facts -- or may have confused viewers as they spoke in policy shorthand.
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In a presidential race not lacking for pundits, at least one person is trying to keep his mouth shut: the president himself.
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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There are also some basic facts about taxes in the U.S. that ideology canât change, and if you keep these in mind, you will have an easier time keeping up with the debate.
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Points of trivia that might arise at dinner or over drinks used to lead to a brain-racking long debate. now, hand-held devices help settle disputes. (Look it up!)
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More people will pay close attention to the three presidential debates than to any other events in the 2004 campaign. That by itself is a good reason - and not the only reason â-o consider the debates
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In a campaign that's about to get uglier, Thursday's debate provided a last, good moment of substance
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Attention on 'top tier' candidates in this week's debates prompts calls for a more evenhanded format.