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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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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WASHINGTON -- Expect some fireworks. This is the big one, the presidential debate that could determine who&#39;s sitting in the White House after the Nov. 2 US election.
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The CNN-YouTube Democratic debate is under way  marking the first time that a journalist or a professional has not dictated what is asked of the candidates. The control is solely in the voters' hands -- and then candidates were asked about slavery reparations.
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If you're not ready to feverishly debate Iraq or the deficit in this bitterly divisive election year, you can always surf the Web, where politics is frequently nothing but a big joke. President Bush and challenger John Kerry are spoofed as utter fools on the Internet daily, usually in good fun.
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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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Tonight&#39;s debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards is generally considered a performance by understudies.
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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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There was quite an interesting debate reported in the media last week. No, not that one.
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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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Attention on 'top tier' candidates in this week's debates prompts calls for a more evenhanded format.
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The hypocrisy is unpardonable. President Bush's decision to commute the sentence of a convicted liar brought out the worst in both parties and politics.
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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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House debate over the Iraq war did more than pit Democrat against Republican. It pitted ghosts of the past against each other.
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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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Learn the pros and cons of these controversial beasts.
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Monday night's Democratic debate will be the first in which all the questions have been submitted by YouTube users. Here's a selection of 10 you probably won't see