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The Presidential Debate Blog
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A blog dedicated to discussion of the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates, featuring commentary from past and present debaters, as well as academics and debate coaches.
Recent Posts
Botswana Presidential Debate
Ian Khama, the President of Botswana has announced that he will not participate in tonight's presidential debate. Instead, his Vice-President will represent the governing party. Khama is notoriously adverse to impromptu speaking. Unlike his predecess...
New York's Mayoral Debate Tonight
New York's Mayoral candidates will debate tonight. As the New York Times notes, Hizzoner has some Gore-ish debating problems, "Sighing audibly, which he does when he is attacked. Gazing toward the heavens, which he does when annoyed by a question. Re...
Britain\'s Prime Minister Debate
Gordon Brown expressed support today for televised debates between party leaders ahead of the upcoming elections in Great Britain, which must take place before June 2010. There have long been discussions of such debates across the pond, but they've n...
Chile\'s Presidential Debate
Chile will hold its first presidential debate of this election cycle on Wednesday, September 22nd. All five candidates will participate in the event, which will be televised live on Television Nacional de Chile (TVN)....
Breathless in Berlin: Germany\'s “Chancellor Debate” Is Facing an Insecure Future -- A Guest Post by Professor Christoph Bieber
Christoph Bieber is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Giessen, Germany. His research is focusing on political communication, Internet and Politics, and Media Democracy.Last Sunday, Germany conducted it...
Afghanistan's First Presidential Debate
President Hamid Karzai participated in Afghanistan's first live presidential debate today. Karzai had earlier refused to attend the first presidential debate, citing too many candidates in attendance and negative bias by the radio station. This time,...

