Entries tagged as “presidential debate”

Presidential debates and conservative candidates

Enjoyed watching the presidential candidate debates last night. I’m not sure anyone did exceptionally well (if anything both candidates seemed tired). McCain’s temper/contempt for Obama flared up at least once, but the only real good hit of the evening was scored by Obama (full transcript here): McCain: You know, my hero is a guy named [...]

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The Canadian and American Debates: Ice and Fire?

Watching the debates – both the Canadian and US Veep contest – last night I was struck by how the debates both reflect each country’s political traditions and, in doing so ran counter to some old myths we have about Canadians and Americans. In the US I thought that Biden easily trumped Palin – who [...]

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