CBS News To Debut Series On The Candidates
Katie Couric Talks One-On-One With Each Leading Candidate To Pose 10 Questions That Reveal Some Unexpected Answers
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Top Candidates, 10 Questions
A preview of "Primary Questions: Character, Leadership and the Candidates." Katie Couric one on one with presidential candidates in a special series starting this week on the CBS Evening News.
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"Primary Questions" is the CBS Evening News special series in which Katie Couric will ask ten top presidential candidates the same ten questions.
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Katie Couric asks the top presidential candidates 10 questions about what makes them tick.

- Most Influential Person? Text | Video
- Biggest Mistake? Text | Video
- Afraid Of Losing? Text | Video
- Climate Change? Text | Video
- Feared Country? Text | Video
- Lost Temper? Text | Video
- Views On Infidelity? Text | Video
- Worst Advice? Text | Video
- Disillusionment? Text | Video
- Key Book? Text | Video
- Fix The Economy? Text | Video
A preview for the "Primary Questions: Character, Leadership & the Candidates," will be on Tuesday, Dec. 4, on the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric. The series begins on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
Couric speaks to Sen. Barack Obama, D- Ill., Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., former Sen. John Edwards, D- N.C., Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-N.Y., former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.
In addition to policy and issue questions, the candidates are asked questions intended to give some insight into their character-something polls have frequently shown as being more important to voters than agreeing with the candidate on issues.
Some questions include:
Click here to read the answer to the fist question: What is the biggest mistake you've ever made?"
Click here to see a video library of the candidate's answers to all questions so far.
Click here to watch a preview of some of the answers to the questions.
Click here to watch a video sneak peek of the series.
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See all 440 CommentsThe good news, none of them held a moral candle to our current President. 80% of the current candidates will be a huge improvement , Republicans included.
Obama interests me. I think he may have character. If Couric did her Carey approach on him, he might actually say, i will never be treated like that again.
Her victory of last week is that she is the first journalist to force a ''blunder''from Hillary. There are so many great correspondents on TV. Katie is the mistake of one man. Just so happens he is the CEO of CBS.
It doesn''t take a year to see how Couric is different, it may not even take 1/2 hour.
One of the great interviewer''s Charlie Rose has a list of ''fallback questions'', so does the actors guild program. Those list bear no resemblence to the one Couric has put together. I think the writers had the correct idea, maybe people who have been interviewed and hurt by her, can start a boycott movement. Not only that if she doesn''t receive a respond to one of her ''what is the worst crime you committed in your life?'' questions, she asks it over, and over, and over again.
A caricature of journal running CBS. Must say something about how important the news is to us.
Will you please explain why Ron Paul was not included in this series?
Often, the media uses fundraising to determine the strength of a campaign. Ron Paul is out-fundraising all other Republican candidates.
Often, the media uses straw polls to determine the strength of a campaign. Ron Paul has beat every Republican candidate in straw polls head to head.
Often, the media looks at grassroots support to determine the strength of a campaign. Ron Paul has by far more grassroots support than any other Republican candidate.
Often, the media looks at polls to determine the strength of a candidate. Ron Paul has won every online and text phone poll asking who was the winner of Republican debates on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and ABC.
Exactly what criteria did you use to exclude Ron Paul from your series?
Will you please explain why Ron Paul was not included in this series?
Often, the media uses fundraising to determine the strength of a campaign. Ron Paul is out-fundraising all other Republican candidates.
Often, the media uses straw polls to determine the strength of a campaign. Ron Paul has beat every Republican candidate in straw polls head to head.
Often, the media looks at grassroots support to determine the strength of a campaign. Ron Paul has by far more grassroots support than any other Republican candidate.
Often, the media looks at polls to determine the strength of a candidate. Ron Paul has won every online and text phone poll asking who was the winner of Republican debates on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and ABC.
Exactly what criteria did you use to exclude Ron Paul from your series?
Hopefully CBS will do the needful include Ron Paul in this segment.
To exclude Ron Paul from this series is folly. I am extremely dissapointed in you, CBS.
I''m done with CBS. It''s been fun Katie. I thought you were better than this.
How about one, just one news outlet actually uphold the ethics and principles of journalism as it is taught to us young college idealists!!!
And lets not forget:
Smith, Quincy President, CBS Interactive
Snyder, Steve Chief Operating Officer, CBS Interactive
Sims, Michael Vice President, Editorial, News CBSNews.com
Meyer, *** Editorial Director, CBSNews.com
And Im guessing the main guy pulling the strings:
Ververs, Vaughn Senior Political Editor, CBSNews.com
So let''s make sure they all get called out equally for this. It is the DUTY of the media to act as the WATCHDOG of the Government in order for the Government to be held accountable to the PEOPLE. Let''s not forget that.
Explain to me why you''re ignoring him or explain to your advertisers why they''re getting emails from disappointed viewers.
*p.s.* Thanks for starting the birthdate field on the cbsnews.com registration page at the year 1900.
Please choose to add Ron Paul to this segment. Additionally, I would encourage you to consider adding all candidates who propose ideas and solutions that deviate from mainstream though. This is key to innovation in American Government.
Sincerely,
Christopher H.
(Scottsdale, AZ)
p.s. - Thanks for making the registration to cbsnews.com birthdate field start a the year *1900* A lot of "fresh" ideas coming from you guys...
EQUAL TIME FOR DENNIS KUCINICH AND RON PAUL!!!
YOU ARE MAKING A MOCKERY OF OUR DEMOCRACY!!!
CBS: See this middle finger. Go F#$%K yourselves!!!
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