America's great healthcare debate

Aug 29, 2009 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8167671.stm By Kevin Connolly BBC News, Chicago     When a political topic is hot in America it dominates the cable chatter on 24-hour TV channels.   When it's REALLY hot, it dominates the advert breaks too - and no topic is hotter than health care.   Rival lobbying organisations are spending millions of dollars on airtime - offering startlingly different diagnoses of what is wrong with the American healthcare system, and different prescriptions for treating it. - 26 Comments

3rd-Party Candidates Debate ((Public))

Oct 15, 2008 - October 15, 2008 by McClatchy Newspapers by Maria Recio (The third-party debate will be streamed at www.thirdpartyticket.com [1] and will be shown on C-Span) WASHINGTON - Third-party presidential candidates finally will have their own debate: at 8 p.m. Sunday at Columbia University in New York. The debate, which will be announced Wednesday, will include at least three of the four third-party candidates - independent Ralph Nader, the Green Party's Cynthia McKinney and the Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin. - 3 Comments

How They're Preparing for the Debate

Oct 01, 2008 - Public Post VP Candidates Train Hard for First and Only Face-Off With two days to go until the first and only vice presidential debate of 2008, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin aren't taking anything for granted. Tuesday, September 30, 2008 With two days to go until the first and only vice presidential debate of 2008, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin weren't taking anything for granted Tuesday. Thursday's debate at Washington University in St. - 24 Comments

What It's Like to Debate Sarah Palin

Oct 01, 2008 - This is an Op-ed piece done by Andrew Halco. I found on the front page of www.yahoo.com By Andrew Halcro Wed Oct 1, 4:00 AM ET Anchorage, Alaska - When he faces off against Sarah Palin Thursday night, Joe Biden will have his hands full. I should know. - 6 Comments

Debating Sarah Palin ((public))

Oct 01, 2008 - Anchorage, Alaska - When he faces off against Sarah Palin Thursday night, Joe Biden will have his hands full. I should know. I've debated Governor Palin more than two dozen times. - 11 Comments

Round 1 in debates goes to Obama, poll says

Sep 27, 2008 - The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey is not a measurement of the views of all Americans, since only people who watched the debate were questioned and the audience included more Democrats than Republicans. Fifty-one percent of those polled thought Obama did the better job in Friday night's debate, while 38 percent said John McCain did better. - 16 Comments

A case for the stimulus package (Posted for reasoned debate not ad hominem attacks)

Feb 05, 2009 - I AM POSTING THIS TO STIR REASONED DEBATE, LIGHT NOT HEAT.----- PERSONAL OR SNIDE COMMENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. ==== IF YOU DO, I WILL ASK YOU TO STOP POSTING, IF YOU DON’T I WILL EITHER MAKE IT PRIVATE OR TAKE IT DOWN ALL TOGETHER. -------------DISAGREE, BUT DO NOT DISRESPECT. - 32 Comments

Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will debate each other next month.

Apr 21, 2009 - http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/bush-clinton-debate/ Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will meet for a debate late next month. The event will take place on Friday, May 29th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. - 19 Comments

USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Obama did better job in first debate

Sep 28, 2008 - A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows 46% of people who watched Friday night's presidential debate say Democrat Barack Obama did a better job than Republican John McCain; 34% said McCain did better. Which candidate offered the best proposals for change to solve the country’s problems 52% Obama 35% McCain Opinion of McCain after debate 21% a more favorable 21% less favorable 56% no change Opinion of Obama after debate 30% more favorable 14% less favorable 54% no change Confidence in candidate to fix economic problems after debate McCain 37% less confidence 23% more confidence Obama 34% more confidence 26% less confidence Neither candidate broke away on national security and foreign policy. http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/09/usatgallup-poll.html :bananana: - 8 Comments

NYT: VP Debate Format Changed to Accommodate Palin

Sep 21, 2008 - "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. - 11 Comments