debates

How would a leader have handled the debate last night?

I am not a career politician and am new to the debate scene. I am a career educator with a passion for serving the people of our district who have been betrayed by Virginia Foxx and her callous voting record in Congress. I want people to come away from these debates knowing that I am the candidate who will best represent their values, understand the needs of their communities, and always place their best interests above political gain.

The first of maybe three debates for the NC 6th Congressional District Democratic Primary with myself and my two primary opponents. The event will be at Guilford College- Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium of the Frank Family Science Center located at 5800 W Friendly Ave. and New Garden Rd in Greensboro, NC. For more information please contact my campaign at 336-790-4611 or by e-mail at voteovittore@clearwire.net

Cross posted at my campaign blog.

The first of maybe 3 debates between myself and my two primary opponents has been scheduled. It will be on March 25th at 8pm at Guilford College in the Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium of the Frank Family Science Center. Greensboro will host the first debate. Word is there will be two more outside of Greensboro. I hope that is the case.

I encourage you all to attend and show your support for me. This will be fun. I love talking about the issues.

I am told there will be press at the debate. I would love to have a cheering section. So please consider coming on out. What else do you have to do on a Tuesday night at 8? Oh yeah- American Idol is not an excuse!

What is going wrong with Richard Moore's campaign for Governor? After pulling an ineffective ad portraying the Treasurer as an angry white guy who doesn't want complex issues to be studied any more, he now borrows from the losing campaign playbooks of Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney.

Let me say this rather bluntly: I've never been more embarrassed to be a Democrat than when I watched some of the candidates I'm pulling for sit in that last debate and act like schoolchildren talking over each other and taking cheap shots. What are we, Republicans?

Candidates Are Urged to Attend Forums Sponsored by Minorities
by Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post

Key Republican leaders are encouraging the party's presidential candidates to rethink their decision to skip presidential debates focusing on issues important to minorities, fearing a backlash that could further erode the party's standing with black and Latino voters.

The leading contenders for the Republican nomination have indicated they will not attend the "All American Presidential Forum" organized by black talk show host Tavis Smiley, scheduled for Sept. 27 at Morgan State University in Baltimore and airing on PBS. Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, former senator Fred D. Thompson (Tenn.) and Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) all cited scheduling conflicts in forgoing the debate. The top Democratic contenders attended a similar event in June at Howard University.

The YouTube/CNN debate was the best ever.

It put to rest forever the claim that we need professional journalists to conduct presidential debates.

Although Taylor's not even going to be in the same studio as Shuler (he's "stuck in Hendersonville"), the long-awaited debate between them is scheduled to start on WWNC-AM (570) in just a few minutes.

Click here to listen. (Just minimize the window if you get sick of looking at pictures of Hannity and Limbaugh...)

by Robert P. - I'm updating this because the debate is OVER. Taylor hid at another station and broke the rules of the debate. So, Shuler said his piece, said something along the lines of this isn't what I agreed upon and I'm leaving. The response from this right-wing home of Rush Limbaugh?

syntax, feel free to delete this if you want to make your own update. People need to know.