Or so argues Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates: Fifty-Years of High Risk TV. His analysis, posted with the Columbia University Press blog, of the shorted discussion period in the Biden/Palin VP debate notes the untenable position it placed the moderator and ultimately voters.
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Live from the St. Louis Athletic Complex at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, the one and only vice presidential debate between Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. The debate tips off at 9:00 pm (EST) and will be moderated by Gwen Ifill of PBS.
This will be the fifth consecutive presidential election cycle that Washington University will play host to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). With such a commitment to debate, one wonders why they don't have an intercollegiate policy debate team!
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