New North Carolina Debate Proposed For April 27th
A joint letter from the North Carolina Democratic Party and CBS News to the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton proposes a 90-minute debate, to be aired live on April 27th from 8:00pm to 9:30pm. The North Carolina debate would follow CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
“We hope to make this debate weekend a true learning experience for North Carolinians,” the letter from the party states. “The audience would be a mix of your invited guests, North Carolina Democrats, students from our host school or schools and a few debate sponsors.” The debate would be moderated by CBS News’ Katie Couric and Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer.
More: “The North Carolina Democratic Party is excited about hosting you, your family, and your campaign for our debate with CBS. We hope to give as many North Carolina Democratic and unaffiliated voters as possible the chance to meet you and your families while you are in our state for the debate.” [emphasis in the original]
The letter, sent by the party, is signed by North Carolina Democratic chair Jerry Meek and CBS News president Sean McManus. An earlier proposal for a North Carolina debate on April 16th was initially accepted by Obama’s campaign.
Update: In a statement this afternoon, the Clinton campaign accepted the invitation: "The Clinton campaign today announced that Senator Hillary Clinton has accepted an invitation to participate in a debate in North Carolina on Sunday, April 27, sponsored by CBS."
“We hope to make this debate weekend a true learning experience for North Carolinians,” the letter from the party states. “The audience would be a mix of your invited guests, North Carolina Democrats, students from our host school or schools and a few debate sponsors.” The debate would be moderated by CBS News’ Katie Couric and Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer.
More: “The North Carolina Democratic Party is excited about hosting you, your family, and your campaign for our debate with CBS. We hope to give as many North Carolina Democratic and unaffiliated voters as possible the chance to meet you and your families while you are in our state for the debate.” [emphasis in the original]
The letter, sent by the party, is signed by North Carolina Democratic chair Jerry Meek and CBS News president Sean McManus. An earlier proposal for a North Carolina debate on April 16th was initially accepted by Obama’s campaign.
Update: In a statement this afternoon, the Clinton campaign accepted the invitation: "The Clinton campaign today announced that Senator Hillary Clinton has accepted an invitation to participate in a debate in North Carolina on Sunday, April 27, sponsored by CBS."
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See all 33 CommentsJudicial Watch, which has been seeking access to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton%u2019s (D-N.Y.) records from her time in the White House, argued Wednesday that the Illinois senator, who has criticized the former first lady for a lack of openness, has his own %u201Crecords problem.%u201D
%u201CThe more we learn about the Illinois Senator, the more obvious it becomes that he is anything but the ethically upright outsider he purports to be,%u201D said Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch.
Both candidates need to get more specific. Promises without a plan are just pipe dreams. We have too much of this.
Neither candidate would be given a list of topics and neither can get off topic. Let all of us see who is best at concise answers.
Stump speeches are alright to get acquainted with a candidate, but the devil is in the details.
Obama is great at speeches, but he does not seem to think on his feet very well. He hems and haws and sounds like he is making things up as he goes.
Let''s hope you''re not an Obama supporter, because dismissing someone because you think their Republican isn''t indicative of the change Obama talks so much about. With that said, I''m Democrat and for Obama. Contrary to what you may think, all Obama supporters are not by-products of a cookie-cutter design...some of us support him without the fainting spells, wet-behind the ears adulation, etc. Some of us support him simply because he isn''t in a skirt or subject to napping through intelligence briefings vital to the safety of our country. YOU vote for all the ldealistic reasons you hold Obama in such high-esteem and I''ll vote for him due to a simple deduction: He is clearly in the best interest of enhancing America more than that girl or geritol spokesman.
It''s your vote. If you want to waste it on a lil'' woman or an OLD man, go ahead. Your loss. Remember that the next president had better have some military acumen and also a sense of sound economics. Missy and Grandpa are out!
Just because lil'' Hillary has been on the political scene doesn''t mean she is to go to person to handle our sagging economy--must less manage two wars. She''s going to be just fine when she gets her apron back in her daily routine. Rather than presiding over an administration-cabinet she can clean and organize the cabinets above her kitchen stove.
Are you confused? This a thread about a DEBATE!
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court.
WHAT DID THEY FORGET TO DO?
Hillary%u2019s judgment should one again be called into question!
1st: It was staying with Bill for political gain even after the abuse of sexual indiscretions.
2nd: The war in Iraq vote!
3rd: Agreeing to sign up for the rules that were stated by the DNC in respect to Florida and Mich.
4th: Destroying the Democratic Party for her win at all cost policy.
5th: Slashing and Bashing Obama and then wanting him to be her running mate.
6th: Financial handling of campaign funds spent over 100 million during Iowa campaign.
7th: Lying about Bosnia and Sniper Fire.
8th Not taking Obama serious as a contender for President, she thought she had it in the bag from the beginning
And this is who you want as President, come on women of America look at who you are supporting. It her judgment that needs be the #1 issue of this campaign. She has poor judgment that is the bottom line issue for all of us to examine
Where I appreciate your true comments that if not for a woman none of us would have been born; however, wasn''t it a lil'' woman like lil'' Hillary who ate the forbidden fruit?
We are a nation at war, so America doesn''t need missy or grandpa at this juncture in our history. We want to win those two wars--not nap through with a "blankie" and geritol nor do we want to offer a foreign policy akin to donning an apron and stirring a cake mixing bowl. It''s really that simple. A man is needed at the helm--not an OLD man mind you but a MAN nevertheless. Sorry ''bout your lil'' pipedream missy.
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