Presidential Debates at Brave New Films

McCain Postpones the Debates

2008-12-05T10:28:50Z

Senator John McCain is confronted about his request to postpone the first of the 2008 Presidential Debates.

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OPEN THE DEBATES

2008-11-11T04:50:04Z

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Primary Considerations 2008 - - Featuring Noam Chomsky

2008-10-18T15:30:08Z

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Kucinich: "ABC should not be the first primary."

2008-01-12T20:48:16Z

Dennis is mad, and who can blame him, rules or no rules?

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.
Kucinich argued that ABC is violating equal-time provisions by keeping him out of the debate and noted that ABC's parent Walt Disney Co. had contributed to campaigns involving the four Democrats who were invited.

Wait! Hold the presses! Disney gives money away? [Aside: Mr. Laffy and I have both worked for Disney. They're notoriously stingy.]

"ABC should not be the first primary," the Ohio congressman said in papers filed at the Federal Communications Commission.
ABC said the candidates left out of the debates failed to meet benchmarks for their support that were outlined to each campaign prior to the Iowa caucus. Kucinich did not complain about these rules ahead of time, said spokeswoman Cathie Levine, who had no further comment since she hasn't seen the FCC filing.

And what are these benchmarks? And can't they use another word? I'm sick of that one.

The network set rules to narrow the field. Candidates had to meet at least one of three criteria: place first through fourth in Iowa, poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major national surveys.

I understand what's behind these rules, but every year candidates and voters feel slighted when this happens. Personally, I like Dennis Kucinich up there, because his views challenge the others', and because he's smart and entertaining.

Maybe the whole thing is moot. We've had more debates than Rudy Giuliani has mistresses.

How would you solve the US Immigration issue?

2008-10-15T21:31:04Z

The Resident's question for CNN/YouTube debates. www.theresident.net

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Immigration - Residential POV

2008-10-17T09:31:43Z

I posed the Immigration question for the CNN/YouTube Presidential Debates. Here's my POV on it. More shows, bigger screen at www.theresident.net

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Slate these dates for debates

2008-01-28T18:04:15Z

Because you haven't had enough of these to watch:

The final two debates before Super Tuesday will take place on CNN. They will be jointly hosted by CNN, the Los Angeles Times and Politico.com.
The Republican debate will take place on January 30 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. Anderson Cooper will moderate.
The next day, Wolf Blitzer will moderate the Democratic debate in Los Angeles. Five days later, 20 states, including California, will go to the polls to vote in the primary election.

Hmmm, the Repugs at the Reagan Library... just 10 minutes away. Let me think, should I goNO.

That wasn't hard.

Oooooh, FREDDIE?!

2008-01-12T20:18:40Z

Freddie

Los Angeles Times: "It's been a family secret for many, many years, uncovered only by the most diligent reporting. Few people know this. But Fred Thompson's actual first name isn't Fred. It's really Freddie... Official marriage, birth and divorce records in Alabama and Tennessee show that the newest Republican presidential contender was born Freddie Dalton Thompson."

Ooops, wrong pic.... but close enough.

(h/t flobflo)