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Texas Debate Set - Feb 21; No to Wisconsin Debate
The New York Times Political blog announced within the hour that Obama has accepted an Austin Texas debate
Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to debate Hillary Rodham Clinton in Austin, Tex., his campaign announced.
The event, co-sponsored by CNN, Univision and the Texas Democratic Party, is set for Feb. 21, ahead of the state's March 4 hybrid caucus/primary.
The debate is also sponsored by the Texas Democratic Party and in conjunction with the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation. The program will air live from the LBJ Auditorium at the University of Texas in Austin on CNN and on CNN International from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (ET)and will air in Spanish on the Univision Network beginning at 11:30 p.m.
Debates are always political, before and after. More below on pressure via Texas and Wisconsin debates.
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GOP Univison Liveblog
Just click "Discuss" and join me in the comments . . .
Update [2007-12-9 20:35:16 by Ross Smith]: The candidates spoke in English which was translated into Spanish and that was then translated into closed caption English for the monolingaul English speaker like me. The result was humorous at time. Eventually, I just gave in and used humorous summary to communicate the gist of the gist as best I could understand it.
Read the comments below to see this "progression" as the debate went on.
Update [2007-12-9 21:19:18 by Ross Smith]: In the end there was almost no clash at all, with only Ron Paul disagreeing with anyone. Either it was the format and we'll have to wait until Wednesday's debate in Des Moines, or all of these guys thought attacking one another was backfiring.
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GOP Univision Debate Preview
Originally scheduled for September but postponed indefinitely after John McCain was the only leading Republican candidate to agree to participate, tonight's GOP Univision debate, hosted by the University of Miami, airs live from 7-9 pm on Univision cable channels as well as at the Univision website.
The format is conventional in that Univision news anchors will moderate and ask candidates questions on a range of issues. But the questions will be asked in Spanish, then translated into English for the candidates. The candidates will respond in English but the television and web audience will hear the Spanish translation of the answers. Folks like me, who cannot understand Spanish, can use the closed captioning feature on their televisions to read the English. English speakers in the live audience can wear headsets if they need the English version.
The Democratic Univision debate attracted an audience of 2.2 million television viewers, a far higher percentage of the Spanish speaking audience than the percentage of English speakers who watch the "traditional" debates on other cable networks.
The political context for tonight's debate includes this week's Pew Hispanic Center poll that finds "there is now a 34-percentage-point gap in partisan affiliation among Latinos. In July 2006, the same gap measured just 21 percentage points," reverberations of the CNN/YouTube debate that began with Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney questioning each other's anti-immigrant credentials, the rise of Mike Huckabee (in part attributed to his ability to rise above the negative tone of his rivals), and the locale itself, a swing state with a Cuban population that has favored Republicans.
Details are below the fold . . .
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A Debate I Cannot Understand
The eight Democratic presidential candidates are debating at the University of Miami right now. Spanish language television Univision and its website are hosting the first of its kind debate.
Questions and answers are simultaneously translated. But the broadcast only amplifies the Spanish. The candidates, whether they speak Spanish or not, are required to answer in English. This English-only requirement disappointed Spanish speakers Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson.
The Republican Univision debate which was supposed to be held a week from now was called off after John McCain was the only GOP candidate to accept the invitation. Unsurprisingly, Tom Tancredo was the first to turn down the debate offer.
McClatchy's Glenn Garvin has an excellent article previewing the event and discussing its significance.
I cannot understand the debate now since I do not know Spanish. But the event clearly seems significant for several reasons. First, the Latino voting demographic will be of increasing importance in the future and is presently strong enough to swing some close states in a Presidential election. GOP avoidance seems shortsighted. Second, the transcript will reveal how well Univision probed areas of special concern to its viewership. Third, and most important for our purposes, scholars and coaches should study the translation effects on candidates' ability to perform effectively.
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