Road to the White House

C-SPAN produced a Road to the White House program which included a number of segments. A preview of the vice presidential debate next Tuesday, October 5, 2004 in Cleveland, Ohio between Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards. A roundtable discussion was held on Friday, October 1, 2004, with Tim Funk, with the Washington Bureau of the Charlotte Observer, and Jonathan Last, online editor of The Weekly Standard. Both have written extensively on the styles and personality of Cheney vs. Edwards in the upcoming debates. Several examples of the Cheney-Edwards style in past debates, campaign appearances and interviews were shown. Senator John Edwards (D-NC), Democratic vice presidential nominee spoke at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon, October 1, 2004, the day after the first presidential debate. President George W. Bush’s (R) mother Barbara and daughters Jenna and Barbara spoke at a campaign rally in Exeter, New Hampshire. close