On November 19, the Commission on Presidential Debates re-affirmed that it will hold presidential debates next year, and that it will continue to exclude everyone who doesn’t average 15% in polls. This is in sharp contrast to the policy in the primary presidential debates held this year, in which everyone at 1% or above has been invited into almost all the debates.
The Commission will hold its first general election presidential election debate on September 26 in Oxford, Mississippi, The second will be October 7 in Nashville, Tennessee. The third will be October 15 in Hempstead, New York. A vice-presidential debate will be held in St. Louis on October 2.
Judah Ben-Hur, Ambassador to The American Republic for President, 2012!
Wonders if Michael Bloomberg and Lou Dobbs would get up to 15%.
hear all candidates on the ballot.should we fear a discussion of the facts. the party monopoly is alive and well.
I am not sure I can be eloquent here at this point. Bucket of dung = CPD
Whatever happened to a Public Commission for Debates? I heard about this a couple of years ago, has anyone heard of any news on this?
for every major party debate have a minor party debate with those candidates on the ballot in at least 40 states.this would be a giant step in the right direction.
Exactly why this is a major plank in our ten point platform for Election Reform. See: http://www.IndependentAmerica.org
Joel: See http://www.opendebates.org
Why can’t the Greens, Constitution, and Libertarians (and any other third party that can get on the ballot in enough states to win the required number of electoral votes that would win the election) get together and air their own debates on PBS? I bet if they asked for contributions from the people, they would get enough to pay for it. I’m sure PBS would carry it since it would actually be a ratings winner for them, if only out of curiosity on the public’s part to see who was running.
I think that anyone who is interested in hosting a presidential debate should do so. Get plenty of press and have it opened to all candidates on the ballot. If any major candidate refuses to show, heavily publicize it.