NC Debate-About-Debate Intensifies
Friday morning Hillary Clinton stepped up her call for a televised debate in North Carolina. Speaking at a firehouse in Jacksonville NC (MSNBC's FirstRead):
She made a pitch for her campaign's interactive "NC Ask Me" feature, in which people can submit questions online and get an answer -- some of which have been used in television ads.
"It has been great, and we've gotten over 14,000 questions," she said. "We have answered every one of those questions. But the only question I can't answer is why Sen. Obama won't debate me in North Carolina. And I'd sure like to give an answer."
She said that each upcoming state deserves their own debate, because "the issues in Pennsylvania are not the same as the issues in North Carolina," and "the issues in North Carolina aren't the same as the issues in Indiana."
"There's all kinds of issues that we should be debating about right here in North Carolina," she said. "So again I offer that I'll go anywhere at any time. And we'll have that debate as long as Sen. Obama would agree to actually meet me. I think that would be good for the voters and it would be good for this important campaign."
Does a debate in NC make sense? The Obama campaign has been trying to deflect the calls invoking "debate fatigue," citing 21 previous debates. More likely they find more comfort in filling
UNC's Dean Dome next Monday than taking the time out to prepare for anther debate. The recent history of debates indicates the Clinton campaign would use a debate to press attacks and find openings for positioning following the debate.
Below fold: "So What" and Obama response
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High Expectations for the "Invigorating Debate"
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Adri 10/08/2006 10:24:48 PM EST
As you may recall, last Monday, Virginia Senator Allen called for the remainder of the campaign season to focus on an "invigorating debate worthy of our rich history" (press release, video)
Whether this debate lives up to Allen's aspirations or not, some in the media and blogosphere have deemed this debate a "crucial" point in the Virginia senate campaign. Coverage suggests this is Allen's opportunity to refocus the prevailing narrative away from his recent gaffes. However, some of the coverage also seconds Allen's motion to move on to the issues, while other coverage focuses on the snapshot of the race at this point in time. And finally, there is the no-debate debate.
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Meet the Press Amplifies Media Narratives
Philadelphia InquirerTribune-ReviewRick Santorum and Bob Casey met for the first of a series of Senate debates September 3, 2006 on Meet the Press. The lively forty minute exchange was punctuated by pointed questions from host Tim Russert framed with visualized quotations from news sources and clips from current and past-campaign political ads. The program is, of course, the embodiment of media intersecting with politics. Media asks the questions, utilizes the media as authoritative source framing questions advanced, and encapsulated the media narratives for "what matters." Russert controls the converstion with visual "gotcha."(Watch the program)
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