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Candidate Debates 2008

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MSNBC's Republican Debate in Florida

January 24, 2008

Just days before the Florida primaries, the Republican 2008 presidential hopefuls met in Boca Raton, Florida for a Debate hosted by Florida Atlantic University and broadcast by MSNBC. If you missed ....

Democratic Debate from CNN and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute

January 21, 2008

Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama accused each other of repeatedly and deliberately distorting the truth for political gain Monday night in a highly personal, fin....

Black and Brown Democratic Debate in Nevada

January 15, 2008

WNYC aired a debate among the Democratic candidates in Las Vegas, Nevada, aired by MSNBC. Co-sponsored by the 100 Black Men of America, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, IMPACTO, the Nevada Demo....

Republican and Democratic ABC/Facebook Debates

January 05, 2008

Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the luxury to be polite along with the Iowa caucuses. In Saturday’s ABC/Faceboook debate, she came out swinging against Barack Obama with a vigor she hadn’t shown be....

Dem Rivals Target Clinton on Iran in NPR Debate

December 04, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival John Edwards of making "outlandish political charges" in portraying her vote against Iran as a pretext for war as the Democr....

Republican Debate Scorecard

The Brian Lehrer Show

November 29, 2007

WNYC's political director Andrea Bernstein and Micah Sifry, co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum and the editor of Techpresident.com play excerpts and discuss last night's CNN/YouTube Republican Debate. Michael Weitz, one of the YouTube questioners drops in. What did you think?

--Who won the debate and why?
--Who made you think about an issue in a new way?
--What was the most memorable response?
--How well did CNN handle YouTube questions?

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Dems Debate Again

The Brian Lehrer Show

November 16, 2007

Andrew Sullivan, Atlantic Magazine columnist, and author of The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back (HarperCollins, 2006), and Andrea Bernstein, WNYC political director, run down the most recent in the slew of democratic debates.

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Debating Parties

The Brian Lehrer Show

October 31, 2007

Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and the author of The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals (Wiley, 2007), analyzes the Democratic candidates' debate and talks about political affiliation in general.

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The Bulldozer and the Big Tent is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

License to Debate

The Brian Lehrer Show

October 23, 2007

The New York State Senate is trying to block Governor Spitzer's plan to issue drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. State Senators Jose Serrano (D-Bronx) and Frank Padavan (R-Queens) debate the issue.

Jose Serrano (D-Bronx): http://www.nyssenate28.com

Frank Padavan: (R-Queens): http://frankpadavan.com

The Thompson Economic Plan

The Brian Lehrer Show

October 10, 2007

Fred Thompson made his debate debut in Dearborn Michigan. Larry Lindsey, economic adviser for Fred Thompson's campaign and president of the Lindsey Group, talks about his candidate's performance and their economic plans.

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