Debate Strategies Pit Ideology vs. Ideas
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Bush wants to paint domestic differences as a choice in expanding government, while Kerry will focus on his plans and Bush&#39;s record.
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Time is running out to resolve one of the most critical debates in Western society.
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Divided results mean fight may go beyond Super Tuesday as questions arise over ideological path
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When it comes to presidential debates, it seems size does matter.
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Ever wonder why fear-mongering seems to work so well at the pollsâwhile appeals to reason often leave the electorate cold? A new book applies neuroscience to politics to figure out why the Democrats struggle to push the buttons in voters' brains.
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Description: With the first presidential debate looming, NPR&#39;s Mara Liasson delves into the politics, theater and history of past presidential showdowns.
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A heated ideological debate within China&#39;s ruling Communist Party over how to solve the nation&#39;s social ills is spilling out into public view ahead of a major political gathering late this year.
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Bloomberg - Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican presidential candidates argued over who among them was a genuine conservative and competed to skewer Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, while scratching the surface of how to hold down entitlement spending during a debate last night.
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A longtime combatant in political science wars says a presidential debate on science is a bad idea.
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In televised debates, when a single misstep could spell political ruin, candidates strive to place their best foot forward. Beyond this careful choreography, the audience is ready
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Some elections are about persuasion. This one is about turnout. In past presidential debates, candidates have tried to change people&#39;s minds and win over undecideds.
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After the third and final debate of this presidential campaign, the race in many ways can be reduced to this: a contest between the lovers and the haters.
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Expressions of sexism and racism emerging from the contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have been blatant, subtle and perhaps sometimes imagined, and they are renewing the national debate over what is and isn't acceptable to say in public.
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Religious and cultural conservatives, a political force skeptical of the leading Republican presidential candidates, are caught in a tug of war between pragmatism and ideology.
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The Democrats' internecine squabbling over the war is a family argument about tactics, not a showdown over principle. The left should remember that.
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Rhetoric Watch: Win, lose, or come close  -  the outcome will determine which of the three speeches the candidates resort to
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WASHINGTON _ User-generated video invades a presidential debate for the first time next month in an experiment in streaming democracy that its sponsors, CNN and YouTube, say will shake up a staid format and attract more participants.