Public Voice Adds Edge to Debate
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CHARLESTON, S.C., July 23 -- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois edged closer to directly criticizing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for voting to authorize the invasion of Iraq during a Democratic debate on Monday night, one of several sharp moments between the presidential contenders over the war -- and...
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Our position is: Tough questions, sharp exchanges and opposing views on Iraq highlighted vice presidential debate. Voters again heard two distinct views of how to win the war in Iraq and confront terrorism during Tuesday night&#39;s vice presidential debate.
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By TOM GALLAGHER  For the record, I will insist that formal discussions about allegations made against me by Mayor Lionel Rivera occur in public and be open to public participation. The issues bear on matters of ethics and values of your elected officials; the people have a right to know.
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All the tactics of a political campaign &#151; TV ads, grass-roots organizing, town hall meetings and polling &#151; are being tapped to influence opinion and pressure lawmakers in the explosive debate on Social Security.
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The debate is so politically loaded that it's tough to tell who's being straight about the real areas of progress and how breakthroughs can be achieved. TIME sorts it out
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They go gentle at this week's debate, but attacks are likely to intensify as primaries near.
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The video format of the YouTube/CNN debate could elicit emotional responses from the candidates.
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As Congress resumes work on the immigration bill, a point system will be at the heart of the debate.
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Persuadable voters watching the presidential debates tended to give higher marks to Democrat John Kerry than President Bush, but many sound reluctant to make a final decision in the presidential race.
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More than changing the dynamic of a race that has tightened in the past 10 days, Friday's debate served to set up Wednesday's encounter as an opportunity to provide momentum to one of the candidates going into the final weeks of the election.
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After a plethora of user-submitted videos that served as fuel for the banter among the eight Democratic presidential candidates at yesterday's CNN/YouTube political debate at the Citadel in South Carolina, the unasked question today remains this: Is it really a debate?
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A sigh, a glance at a wristwatch, a 5 o'clock shadow. After all the weighty words are passed back and forth in a presidential debate, it is often a simple gesture or a quick quip or a difference in appearance that remains in the memory.
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In Wednesday's debate, domestic issues, rather than Iraq and the war on terror, take center stage.
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CHARLEROI -It is possible many Americans will pick a candidate based on last night&#39;s debate, but the event did little to sway several Mon Valley voters.
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With the campaign jabber of the 2008 elections already getting loud, an organization that promotes transparency in politics hopes one slice of the Web can promote reasonable, intelligent debate about issues.
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Americans are boldly speaking their minds, even when others would prefer they didn't.
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Their only debate, set for tonight, is as much about campaign momentum as it is about presenting opposing views.