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Instant Panic: Bush campaign non-committal on debates

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Posted by .com 2004-09-06 01:10|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bush doesn't need to debate Kerry.
Tell the Kerry, Dems and trial lawyers to FOAD.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-06 1:40:10 AM|| 2004-09-06 1:40:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Leaving Waffles to rant and rave by himself might prove edifying...

Posted by mojo 2004-09-06 2:02:37 AM|| 2004-09-06 2:02:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is just tactical positioning.

I think Bush campaign wants to get a couple of non-leftists in the panel.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-06 2:10:06 AM|| 2004-09-06 2:10:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't it a fundamental axiom in politics that the frontrunner has no incentive to debate? It seems to me if Kerry starts to close the points gap, the willingness to have a debate starts to shift over to Bush, not Kerry.

I will guess we will have to wait and see.

Posted by badanov 2004-09-06 9:54:51 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-09-06 9:54:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Classic Bush. Let 'em wallow in the issue and waste their time and media spotlight for as long as possible, then proceed as planned (whatever that is in this case).

Posted by Tom 2004-09-06 10:59:34 AM|| 2004-09-06 10:59:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm really enjoying watching the Republicans congratulate Kerry on his honorable service in Vietnam. That means they think the Swifties have done so much damage that any reference to Kerry's Vietnam service actually helps Bush. I saw Giuliani on a talk show yesterday and he could hardly get the words out with a straight face.

Posted by Matt 2004-09-06 11:07:36 AM|| 2004-09-06 11:07:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder who handles the debates, some Bipartisan commission, IIRC. We need some independent types to ask some real good questions, like "What is your policy on illegal aliens in this country?" and "How would you protect our northern and southern borders to prevent infiltration of terrorist cells?" etc etc, instead of all the softball bs questions.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-06 11:16:35 AM|| 2004-09-06 11:16:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 OS is correct again. What is interesting is that this is coming form Joe Lockhart. Is this the first thing he has done since joining the Kerry campaign? Shows how weak he thinks their program is if this is the first issue he wants to push.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-06 11:54:46 AM|| 2004-09-06 11:54:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Can you say Anhauser Bush Brewing?
They are the main sponser and that's why St. Louis is the normal venue.

Early this year on C-SPAN there was a huge rant on the problem with Nader, Keyes, and most 3rd parties. Quite interesting. A very rigged game.

Look in the C-Span archives or order the video tape.

Posted by 3dc 2004-09-06 12:33:23 PM|| 2004-09-06 12:33:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I think the race is still up in the air at this point. We really don't know. I never trusted Newsweek and Time polls when they showed Kerry in the lead, but now that they show Bush in the lead, I still don't trust them. I think these pollsters aren't simply dishonest - they're also incompetent. Just a thought.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-06 12:36:58 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-06 12:36:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Bush should debate Kerry, and he should use Kerry's own votes in the Senate and his time working as LT Gov of Mass to fry Kerry with.

Posted by RJ Schwarz 2004-09-06 1:27:39 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-09-06 1:27:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 OldSpook senses something here.

There have to be non leftists on the panel even if all the "moderators" are leftists. If a "moderator"gets out of line he can be "realligned" by the other panelists.

Certainly the Kerry camp would have a stroke over a Hannity on the panel, they would be forced to suck it in and agree to a Hume or a Snow because of the demeanor. As much as we may like Sean, he's an ascerbic little Rascal, and if he started to ask the same questions that a Hume or Snow would ask, we may get shouting matches. Wheras those questions in the hands of Hume or Snow could be asked in a similarway that Bernie Shaw was able to make Dukaka look foolish in 1988.

Posted by BigEd 2004-09-06 1:40:17 PM|| 2004-09-06 1:40:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 "Debates? I don't need to show you any stinkin' debates!"
________borgmuchacho sez: all the debates will prove is that Kerry and Edwards have better mouths than a $1,000.00 whore...

Posted by borgboy 2004-09-06 1:53:15 PM|| 2004-09-06 1:53:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 id like to hear mr muck4doos opionin on this he posesses world class debate skillz

Posted by Half 2004-09-06 4:07:52 PM|| 2004-09-06 4:07:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Zhang Fei - agreed. Polls before the last two days of the campaign are meaningless. Most of the undecided voters, and many of the purported decided voters as well, will make up their minds during the last 48 hours.

Which means it's going to be a referendum on the proposition, Is the US at war with radical islam?

This election will not be close. The voters will swing one way or the other on the central question. Rove understands this perfectly; I can't imagine that anyone in the Dems' camp aside from Dick Morris grasps this. Advantage: the incumbent.

Posted by lex 2004-09-06 4:40:44 PM|| 2004-09-06 4:40:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 RE: Polls...If Bush still has a double digit lead in two weeks then Kerry is in trouble. I saw some of his ranting today and he has moved back into the domestic issues. Nice stand but security remains THE main issue for voters and Kerry doesn't exactly put your mind at ease.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-09-06 7:08:31 PM|| 2004-09-06 7:08:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 It's a wonder that the MSM doesn't understand how much damage that the picture of Kerry as he reports for duty continues to do to Kerry's campaign.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-06 9:56:57 PM|| 2004-09-06 9:56:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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