The Debatable Debates
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After all the clatter of campaign ads and stump speeches, voters this election year will soon be able to watch the two main presidential candidates in three televised &quot;debates.
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TonightÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic presidential debate on CNN could and should test the glow of inevitability that Hillary Rodham ClintonÃ¢ÂÂs campaign has meticulously managed to create. But it is up to her rivals to make that happen.
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By Vanessa Delgado, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 15--In a debate Thursday night, a modern political rarity took place: Political candidates were not able to rebut each other's answers, and decorum and order ran the show.
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A scene from the debate. The final evaluation of which man won will, to a large extent, depend on the comments of the âspin doctorsâ.
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Neither George Bush nor John Kerry has ever lost a debate, or so the legend goes. In fact, observers of presidential debates
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Most of the video questions posed in Monday nightâs Democratic debate were more memorable than the answers.
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Democratic presidential candidates face a new kind of grilling Monday when debate questions come from America's living rooms via YouTube. Analysts say the format could force candidates to be more straightforward but some say the debate isn't as different as it should be.
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Two of the three presidential debates are now behind us. So what have we learned about the men seeking our support? The good news is that both George Bush and John Kerry have once again
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All over the country, media networks assert that John Kerry won the first presidential debate with a clear, decisive victory. The victor of the second debate is not quite so clear.
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Description: Senior news analyst NPR&#39;s Daniel Schorr says that this presidential campaign is not dominated by important issues of the day, but instead has degenerated into a gossipy back-and-forth debate about the Vietnam War.
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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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I return at last to the creationism-intelligent design debate. After all my rather coy gambits on this topic over recent months, the conclusion may come as something of an anticlimax. It really is for me too: I'm tired of wrestling with it.
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It started with last Sunday&#39;s debate. According to the worm, Mark Latham beat John Howard 67/33 -- the same margin Kim Beazley beat John Howard by in 2001.
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A number of assertions in the latest Republican presidential debate went unchallenged because candidates spent more time criticizing Democrats from afar than challenging Â and correcting Â each other face to face.
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Attention on 'top tier' candidates in this week's debates prompts calls for a more evenhanded format.
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Points of trivia that might arise at dinner or over drinks used to lead to a brain-racking long debate. now, hand-held devices help settle disputes. (Look it up!)
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One of the problems with trying to have a rational discussion about taxes is that so many people want to believe what's convenient rather than what's accurate. Believing, after all, requires so much less effort than thinking.