Can These Moderators Equalize the Time?
In the first presidential debate, Barack Obama spoke more than four minutes longer than Mitt Romney. Nearly an hour into the second debate, Obama has spoken for two more minutes than Romney. Moderator Candy Crowley did just acknowledge the disparity.…
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Tough Questions
Anyone who thinks professional journalists acting as presidential debate moderators ask better questions than laymen should watch this second presidential debate. These are some tough, concise questions that get to the heart of people’s concerns.…
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Women Voters
A woman questioner gave President Obama a chance to hit one out of the park with the question about unequal pay for women since the president did, as he said, sign a bill that will lengthen the time women have to sue for pay discrimination. But the discussion then went far afield as both tried to appeal to perhaps the most important segment of voters right now: undecided women. Mitt Romney broadened the answer to the economy as a whole and the number of women who have lost their jobs.…
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Numbers Game
President Barack Obama has a habit of going deep into Washington-speak when he’s talking about taxes and the budget. Can people really keep up with the trillions of dollars he’s adding up and then make the leap to how tax rates are applied?
Now Mitt Romney is using the same language in talking about his own plan.
And they’re both arguing again and Candy Crowley is having trouble getting to the next questioner.…
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Twenty Minutes Into the Debate
Moderator Candy Crowley has already asked more questions than the town hall voters.…
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Already on the Attack
President Barack Obama came out swinging on the first question, bringing up Mitt Romney’s opposition to the Detroit bail-out even though, presumably, the college student who asked the question won’t be seeking a car factory job. In all, a totally different attitude from the president.
And Candy Crowley is following up the question. Like she said she would.
And the president is bringing up another line of attack that he didn’t discuss in the first debate: Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital.…
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Pressure is On
Much is at stake in the second presidential debate tonight, as President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are locked in a very tight race, both nationally and in the swing states that will decide the election on Nov. 6. Since the third debate will focus on foreign affairs, this is the last time, outside of ads and campaign speeches, for the candidates to address the economy, taxes, energy, the environment, the deficit and other domestic issues.…
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The Moderator
Much has been written about CNN’s Candy Crowley and her role as moderator of the third presidential debate tonight. According to the contract, she is not supposed to ask follow-up questions, but she has said repeatedly that she would. It will be interesting to see how she performs and how President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney respond to her.…
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Seems like more than two weeks …
… since the first presidential debate on Oct. 3. It will be just a few days until the third and last one. Here are the details for Monday’s debate:
TOPICS FOR THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ANNOUNCED BY MODERATOR
Bob Schieffer, moderator of the third 2012 presidential debate, has selected the topics for that debate, which is on foreign policy. Mr. Schieffer stated:
Subject to possible changes because of news developments, here are the topics for the October 22 debate, not necessarily to be brought up in this order:
America’s role in the world
Our longest war – Afghanistan and Pakistan
Red Lines – Israel and Iran
The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism – I
The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism – II
The Rise of China and Tomorrow’s World
The debate will be held on Monday, October 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL.…
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Markwayne Mullin Tapped to Give National Republican Address
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has chose Markwayne Mullin, the Republican nominee in the 2nd District congressional race in Oklahoma, to give the weekly GOP address on Saturday. Mullin is facing Democrat Rob Wallace and Independent Michael G. Fulks in the Nov. 6 election to replace retiring Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee.
Here is the release from Boehner’s office:
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today announced that Oklahoma small businessman and rancher Markwayne Mullin will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, October 13.…
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