September 24, 2008
Statement by Commission on Presidential Debates
Oxford, Miss., September 24, 2008 - “The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is moving forward with its plan for the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. this Friday, September 26. The plans for this forum have been underway for more than a year and a half. The CPD’s mission is to provide a forum in which the American public has an opportunity to hear the leading candidates for the president of the United States debate the critical issues facing the nation. We believe the public will be well served by having all of the debates go forward as scheduled.”
The biggest campaign news of the week hit this afternoon: McCain wants out of the debate. This is political gold for the Democrats, if only they can stay on message and hammer the idea that presidents should be capable of handling multiple tasks at one time (especially given today's technology). Ned gets back from Portland in two hours (at 10 p.m.), and until then I'm madly devouring all of the news coverage (particularly Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow). Once Ned's home (which will not be soon enough), we'll have to go back to our separate news reports and silent cheering for opposite political parties.
The last sentence made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteWell, Chase and I watched in anxiety as Obama was giving his speech. The way he started talking I was afraid he was going to bail out... but he didn't!!! And I thought it was a nice touch to add that the president should be able to manage more than one thing at a time...
Would you be able to go see the debate (with your contacts I'm sure you could find some tix!)? Well, if there's one that is!