Debate Promises May Differ From Policies
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Thursday's presidential debate on foreign policy should come with a disclaimer: What you hear from the candidates is not necessarily what you would get in the next four years.
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Some are starting to wonder whether the mayor's ambitious pledge of four years ago was more politics than policy
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TONIGHTâS debate will be a duel between two delusional optimists. It pits a man who regards recent events in Iraq as âsteady progressâ against a man who, while accusing the President
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It seems that this yearâs presidential race is not a debate about the future of our country, but a debate about each candidateâs past.
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Too many important policy issues are unlikely to be addressed by major party candidates in this year&#39;s presidential campaign. As of the recent Republican Convention, Sen. John Kerry
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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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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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WASHINGTON - This fall's presidential debates will pit George W. Bush's folksy manner and big-picture brand of policymaking against John Kerry's more cerebral outlook and nuanced world view...
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WASHINGTON As the presidential candidates prepare to devote their first debate, on Thursday, to foreign policy, it is an axiom of their campaigns that these men could not offer a starker choice on America&#39;s role in the world.
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President Bush says his economic policies, including billions of dollars in tax cuts, are helping to create new jobs. But not the millions he promised. Democratic challenger John Kerry says 10 million new jobs would be added in his first term. Don't bet on that either.
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Candidates could face problems as they try to integrate online political discourse into traditional campaigning.
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Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep.
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In theory, putting presidential candidates on the same stage to debate the issues in a national broadcast is a great idea. Barring a major gaffe or a cute one-liner, however, the upcoming debates will likely be of little consequence.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; In the campaign debate over Iraq, one constant has been the divide between the presidential candidates on the issue of inconsistency.
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From jobs to taxes to health care, Bush and Kerry are making lots of promises. TIME crunches the numbers for you
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Clinton campaign rhetoric less than confident
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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.