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Tennessee Bill Encourages Critiques of Evolution

Matt Cantor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:32:57 CDT

A bill in Tennessee's legislature would protect teachers who encourage debate in the classroom about evolution—a measure that opponents say is just a guise to teach creationism or intelligent design, reports the Tennessean . Top science groups and the ACLU have come out against the bill, which the state Senate...

Romney Camp Dumps New Debate Coach

John Johnson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:34:02 CST

Today's lesson in the stroking of political egos: Team Romney has dropped newly added debate coach Brett O'Donnell, the man widely credited with engineering Romney's more aggressive (and successful) approach in the last debate, reports Politico . The problem? O'Donnell had been getting too much credit for the debate turnaround, and...

We Need More Debates— and Loud Ones

John Johnson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:35:51 CST

The Republicans debate again tonight , and there's plenty of carping about how there's too many of these things. Not from David Weigel at Slate . He wants more, more, more. If they weren't debating, the candidates would be in choreographed campaign mode, which reveals little. "The ideal campaign moment comes when...

The Winner of the GOP Debates Is ...

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:09:00 CST

The GOP presidential debates have distracted Americans so badly with their primetime drama that Republicans have created an unlikely winner: President Obama, sighs Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard . "The GOP candidates have reduced themselves to supplicants whose weak points are probed by media questioners," Barnes writes. "Meanwhile, they’ve given...

Gingrich Wants 7 Long Debates With Obama

John Johnson — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:37:05 CDT

Newt Gingrich stole the show last night at an important GOP dinner in Iowa, reports Politico . Two notables were missing, however: Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, the state's current front-runners. Still, Gingrich clearly roused the audience more than the rest of the field, including Rick Perry, and one proposal in...

Whitman to Brown: You're Behind Housekeeper Story

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:54:37 CDT

Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown took the gloves off yesterday and went mano a mano over illegal immigration in a televised, Spanish language debate. Brown blasted Whitman for having employed an illegal maid, Nicandra Diaz Santillan . Whitman, in turn, accused him of being behind her sudden surfacing: "You should be...

Clinton, Bush to Debate

Nick McMaster — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:49:53 CST

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will debate at Radio City Music Hall early next year. The two former presidents will square off as part of MSG Entertainment’s "Minds That Move the World" series. Topics will include the economy, foreign policy, and the current administration. Tickets start at $60 but...

McCain Didn't Manage to Inflict Major Damage

Gabriel Winant — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:17:07 CDT

The debate last night was all about whether John McCain could pull off a game-changer; while some pundits saw his best debate performance yet, most agreed that he didn't score. Time ’s Mark Halperin liked what he saw at first, as McCain "showed off the best of himself—dedicated, sincere,...

Schieffer Vows to Get Straight Answers in Debate

Peter Fearon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:31:17 CDT

CBS veteran broadcaster Bob Schieffer has vowed to stand firm when he moderates the final presidential debate tonight, and will press the candidates to answer questions put to them, Politico reports. Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill and Tom Brokaw have come under fire for being too easy on candidates in previous...