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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.
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Modifying the 10/15 Presidential Debate
The latest call for modifying the debate format comes from the Open Debate Coalition. The group spans the political spectrum, including founders and members of MoveOn, The Next Right, and The Huffington Post, as well as a variety of nonpolitical inte...
Let The People Speak: Town Hall Presidential Debates Educate and Energize the Public A Guest Post by Professor Mitchell S. McKinney
The following guest post is by Mitchell S. McKinney, Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Missouri. He is the co-author of Communicating Politics: Engaging the Public in Democratic Life On Tuesday night Senator...
Rethinking Debate Formats: A Guest Post by Professor Howard Wasserman
The following guest post is by Professor Howard Wasserman. It also appears on PrawfsBlawg.Full disclosure: I watched only a few minutes at the beginning and end of Friday's debate. I did not expect that I would hear anything different from either can...
Continuing the Debate About the Debates
Alexander Blenkinsopp, former President of the Harvard Debate Team, has an interesting essay out today in Colloquy, the online companion to the Northwestern Law Review. The essay, "Continuing the Debate About the Debates" responds to Professor Colli...
Fixing the Debates: Allowing Questioning and Introducing the Audio-Debate
Professor Charles Collier has a great piece up The Pocket Part, the online companion to the Yale Law Journal, entitled, “Presidential Debates and Deliberative Democracy.” Professor Collier declares that there has been “a marked acceleration...
