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The 2008 Presidential Debates are a series of debates between candidates for the Presidency of the United States. Each of the two major parties (Democrats and Republicans) offer a series of debates leading up to their party's National Convention.
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Presidential Debates are often late in the election cycle, when parties have elected their presidential candidates. They are ... broadcast live on major news networks. The format consists of opening statements from each of the candidates, a back and forth question and answer session, and closing statements.
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The Commission on Presidential Debates has found four places that will host debates next year. Hmm? Isn’t that a little like finding an apple, a pear, asparagus and a head of lettuce in the grocery section? These debates haven’t exactly been rare, and each is only a moment for the traditional and blog media to rip apart the performance, and highlight the best lines, the snips and snits.
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Only President George W. Bush and U.S. Senator John Kerry met the CPD selection criteria for any of the presidential debates. As a result, only Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards met the criteria for the vice presidential debate.
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Black bloggers and media experts ... joined the call for the CBC Institute to freeze out Fox from presidential debates. One of those experts is Benjamin Todd Jealous, former executive director of the National Newspaper Publishers Associations (NNPA), a 98-year old federation of more than 200 Black community newspapers.
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Presidential debates do not make or break presidents. Their importance is vastly overblown by politicians and the public. Debates are mostly photo-ops and glamor contests. The Kerry-Bush debates won't hurt Bush no matter how he performs.
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