Presidential debate commission chooses moderators

The Commission on Presidential Debates has named Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill of PBS, Tom Brokaw of NBC News and Bob Schieffer of CBS News as moderators of the three presidential debates and one vice presidential face-off.

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Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge

Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of joint appearances, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall.

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Panel Picks Presidential Debate Sites

The Commission on Presidential Debates on Monday announced Mississippi, Tennessee and New York as the locales for next fall's presidential debates.

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Basically commenting that all the presidential debates were exactly the same. I happen to concur, they spent the time slinging mud at one another and offering virtually nothing new no matter which debate it was.

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Research on nonverbal vocal communication in the presidential debates, published by two Kent State University sociology professors, demonstrates that subtle, non-consciously perceived cues in candidates' voices may provide a clue to dominance in electoral contests.

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The entire world is in trouble, and until we get a real leader who understands economics and that the American people and the rest of the world can and will trust. We are in trouble

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Long before he was "Joe the plumber," Joe Wurzelbacher lived in North Pole and Eielson Air Force Base outside Fairbanks, according to Alaska public records.

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Really. Thank you. In the long slog through a presidential campaign, candidates are bound to get bombarded with ideas and suggestions. It must be hard to know who to listen to. But this morning, I'm very, very grateful that John McCain decided to listen to you.

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The debates are over, but the debate debate isn't.

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McCAIN:  Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. ANNC:  True...but you did vote with Bush 90% of the time. ANNC: Tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthy ANNC: But almost nothing for the middle class - same as Bush.

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The differences between Obama and McCain's debating styles in the first two debates are laid out, showing McCain to have presented his points in a disjointed and difficult to follow pattern.

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I've always liked this quote, despite my opinion of Rumsfeld as something of an antichrist. Ironically, it makes a lot of sense. You can't know what you don't know.

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Polls show Obama taking second straight debate from McCain

Last night's debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama was won handily by the D.C. newcomer, according to snap polling conducted by CBS immediately after the event came to a close last night.

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Well, for a town-hall meeting, I sure didn't see a whole lot of "town." A couple dozen of over-lit, underwhelmed people who got free tickets. As a comic, I have to say, that really looked like a tough house.

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Not a good moment for Da Mav'rick. (a big schnoo thanks to caltha-palustris for the heads-up)

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Thirty-nine percent of the 400 uncommitted voters surveyed identified Barack Obama as tonight's winner; 27 percent said John McCain won, while 35 percent saw the debate as a draw.

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The Democratic presidential running mates Barack Obama and Joe Biden are doing a better job in the debates, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

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"I agree with John"

Much has been said likening the 2008 election to the 1960 election between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. It has been argued that, like JFK, Obama is the young, fresh face on the scene. He carries the charisma and the dreams of a new Camelot.

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Really amazing real-time rebuttals to the candidates' statements.

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The Presidential debates turn into an elevator t-shirt throwdown

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John McCain's announcement at 3 pm ET today, Wednesday 09/24/08, that he was suspending his campaign and seeking to postpone Friday's scheduled presidential debate, SurveyUSA interviewed 1,000 adults nationwide. Key findings:

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The economic crisis is not something that needs the direct, in-person attention of either McCain or Obama. Their job, as Presidential candidates, is to explain what they would do to fix this, to make sure it doesn't happen again, to the American people.

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Why does John McCain suddenly want to suspend his presidential campaign and postpone Friday's debate? His campaign surrogates are saying it's a typical "maverick" move, that McCain is simply "putting country first." Let's look at the evidence:

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What? The guy who said the tone of the campaign was a direct result of Obama declining to debate him is now declining to debate Obama?

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Friday Night Fight Night: Let the 2008 Presidential Debates Begin

On Friday, 26 September, a new and potentially final chapter in the 2008 Presidential contest will begin – the first Presidential debate will occur at the University of Mississippi.

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Presidential debates have always generated a great deal of interest, if only because the debates are the only time the two candidates actually go head-to-head over the issues on the same stage.

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If the People of the United States (over 55 percent of them) say they want Bob Barr in the debates, then that should be enough.

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At last night's Faith Based Forum between the two presidential candidates, Senator McCain answered questions which had not been asked of him.

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