There’s a steep price tag for getting a seat at presidential debates, something that third-party candidates are eager to change.
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Could the VP Debate Be a BFD?
If Joe Biden is in top form tonight, his vice presidential debate face-off with Representative Paul Ryan could be memorable—but don’t expect it to alter the course of the election much.
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Click Your Talking Points Together Three Times, and You’re Home
Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren meet for the third of four televized debates.
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Obama: Giving Away Social Security
The president’s position on retirement benefits is indeed almost identical to Romney’s—and that’s no good thing.
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Debate Prep with Joe
Jennifer Granholm talks with the Prospect about helping Biden prep for his 2008 verbal sparring match with Sarah Palin.
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Liberals Need to Get a Grip
Obama is still the favorite, people.
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The Worst Debate Performance Ever, Really?
The reactions to the presidential face-off have one thing in common: None of them are about the substance.
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Why Can’t Candidates Bring Notes to the Debates?
Because performance is what matters
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We’re All Values Voters
What voters care about most is that their candidate share the same values—economic and social—as them, something Obama forgot in the first presidential debate.
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B Is for Bad Moderator
The one thing that all pundits can agree on about the first presidential debate: Jim Lehrer was the night’s biggest loser.