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  • October 2008

    • What We Saw: Hot vs. Cool Old vs. Young

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Oct 8, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      What We Saw: Hot vs. Cool Old vs. Young

      (Newser) - What viewers see is as important as what they hear in debates. So what did pundits see?   "The expressions on John McCain's face, and the irritation in his voice, said it all," writes the San Francisco Chronicle. McCain “was a portrait of frustration,” while Obama looked like the proverbial “cool hand at the tiller”—just what McCain said the country needs. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • presidential election  • presidential debate  • town hall meeting  • Nashville

    • Tonight's Tango: Think Dance, Not Debate

      Slate  |  Oct 7, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      Tonight's Tango: Think Dance, Not Debate

      (Newser) - Tonight in Nashville, don’t expect either a real “town hall” format or a true debate, advises Jack Shafer in Slate . We won’t see unvetted questions or reasoned exchanges. What we can expect are some interesting moves, with the candidates taking cues from earlier performances by Bill Clinton, “the living genius of the town-hall format,” who perfected the art of debate choreography. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • presidential debate  • town hall meeting  • dancing  • body language

    • Town Hall Gives Mac Preferred Platform

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 6, 08 10:10 AM CDT

      Town Hall Gives Mac Preferred Platform

      (Newser) - Tomorrow’s debate will be the one town-hall-style encounter John McCain gets with Barack Obama, and analysts believe it will be crucial to keeping the presidential race from slipping away, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Republican has a reputation for excelling in the town-hall format, which brings out his spontaneity and wit. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • debates  • town hall meeting

  • September 2008

    • First Debate Stuck in Limbo

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 26, 08 2:01 AM CDT

      First Debate Stuck in Limbo

      (Newser) - What if they held a presidential debate and only one candidate came? The scenario is looking like a real possibility as the federal bailout deal stalls, the Wall Street Journal reports. John McCain has said he will fly to Mississippi for the debate only if an agreement is reached in Washington this morning, while Barack Obama has made it plain he will show up regardless of the status of the rescue package. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • presidential debate  • debate  • town hall meeting  • University of Mississippi

    • Cooperation at Center of McCain Speech

      Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Sep 4, 08 3:33 PM CDT

      Cooperation at Center of McCain Speech

      (Newser) - John McCain will reinforce his “maverick” image and encourage bipartisan cooperation when he addresses the Republican convention tonight, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The speech will describe “where, how and why he wants to lead the country," his speechwriter said. The arena setup has been reconfigured for Mac’s address, giving him a fashion-style runway that will put him closer to the audience. More »

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      John McCain  • GOP  • conservative  • RNC  • town hall meeting  • town halls

  • June 2008

    • McCain, Obama Reject ABC Town Hall Meeting

      Associated Press  |  Jun 9, 08 3:10 AM CDT

      McCain, Obama Reject ABC Town Hall Meeting

      (Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama turned down an invitation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ABC News to hold the first town hall meeting in New York, AP reports. While the candidates are both enthusiastic about the idea of such a forum, they want it to be broadcast by multiple stations. Both camps have shown interest in a series of joint stops, new to modern presidential campaigns. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Michael Bloomberg  • ABC News  • town hall meeting  • campaign stops

    • McCain Dares Obama to 10 Informal Debates

      Time  |  Jun 4, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      McCain Dares Obama to 10 Informal Debates

      (Newser) - John McCain challenged Barack Obama today to fight mano a mano in a series of 10 intimate town-hall meetings between now and the Democratic primary in late August. The Republican's invitation, delivered in a speech and said to be modeled on a proposed Kennedy-Goldwater series, would be “free from the regimented trappings, rules, and spectacle of formal debates.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • John F. Kennedy  • Abraham Lincoln  • debates  • town hall meeting  • Barry Goldwater

  • April 2008

    • Obama Shifts Blue-Collar Strategy

      New York Times  |  Apr 28, 08 7:18 AM CDT

      Obama Shifts Blue-Collar Strategy

      (Newser) - Moving to beef up his appeal to blue-collar voters in Indiana, Barack Obama is changing the tone of his campaign there, trading big rallies for more intimate town-hall sessions; the weekend included stops at a Methodist church and a basketball court, the New York Times reports. “I’ve got to be more present,” Obama said on Fox News. “I’ve got to be knocking on more doors.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • blue-collar vote  • campaign trail  • campaign tactics  • town hall meeting  • working-class vote

    • Mac's Tour Aims at Dem Strongholds

      Slate  |  Apr 10, 08 4:29 PM CDT

      Mac's Tour Aims at Dem Strongholds

      (Newser) - John McCain is planning a tour to visit core Democratic constituencies—inner cities, Appalachia, the black South—in what John Dickerson, in Slate, sees not as a direct appeal for votes, but rather a campaign to beam his authenticity, via the media, to the country’s independents. A McCain advisor says informal settings will allow citizens to “praise, chastise and argue with him.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • bipartisanship  • independents  • town hall meeting  • authenticity

  • November 2007

    • Hillary, Rudy in a Dead Heat in Nevada

      Reuters  |  Nov 15, 07 11:10 AM CST

      Hillary, Rudy in a Dead Heat in Nevada

      (Newser) - Presidential frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are tied in a head-to-head Nevada matchup, according to a CNN poll taken just ahead of tonight's Dem debate in what is now an early-primary state. But Clinton dominates her rivals for the party's nod, with 51% to Barack Obama’s 23% and John Edwards’ 11%, CNN reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Rudy Giuliani  • John Edwards  • Nevada  • debate  • town hall meeting

    • Plants and Stooges Spike Town Halls

      Salon  |  Nov 14, 07 6:06 PM CST

      Plants and Stooges Spike Town Halls

      (Newser) - The town hall meeting has long been an American tradition in which regular folk talk with political candidates, but Salon ’s Michael Scherer says our modern variant is so diluted by plants and stooges it should “be placed inside quotation marks.” Hillary Clinton’s campaign called attention to the “town hall” last week by getting caught scripting an undergraduate’s climate change query. More »

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      Election 2008  • Hillary Clinton  • climate change  • town hall meeting  • interest groups

  • October 2007

    • Diplomats Raise Stink Over Iraq Assignments

      Associated Press  |  Oct 31, 07 5:02 PM CDT

      Diplomats Raise Stink Over Iraq Assignments

      (Newser) - Foreign service officers vented anger today over the State Department's plan to require some to serve in Iraq, chewing out their director in a meeting. One senior officer called the “directed assignments”—which could force diplomats to take postings in Baghdad or outlying provinces—a “potential death sentence”; another cited a survey showing few officers thought Condoleezza Rice was “fighting for them." More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • State Department  • Green Zone  • town hall meeting  • foreign service

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