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Vice President George H.W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA) met at the University of California, Los Angeles, for the second of two debates prior to the 1988 presidential election.…

President George H.W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR), and H. Ross Perot met at the University of Richmond for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 1992 presidential…

President George H.W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR), and H. Ross Perot met at Washington University in St. Louis for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 1992 presidential election. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer and questions were asked…

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump met for the third and final presidential debate of the 2016 election, held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Debate organizers briefed the audience at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the third and final presidential debate.

President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met at Arizona State University for the last of three presidential debates prior to the 2004 presidential election. They answered…

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney met at Lynn University for the last of three debates prior the 2012 presidential election. The debate focused on foreign policy,…

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met at Hofstra University for the last of three presidential debates prior to the 2008 presidential election. The debate focused…

In their second presidential debate Donald Trump (R) and Hillary Clinton (D) took questions from the audience members in a town hall style match up held at Washington University in St. Louis. The first…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the second presidential debate.

President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met at Washington University University in St. Louis for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 2004 presidential…

Vice presidential nominees Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) met for the only 2016 vice presidential debate at Longwood University. The debate was moderated by Elaine…

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney met at Hofstra University for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 2012 presidential election. The debate was…

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore met at Washington University in St. Louis for the last of three presidential debates prior to the 2000 presidential election. They…

Vice President Dan Quayle, Senator Al Gore (D-TN), and Vice Admiral James Stockdale, the running mate of independent presidential candidate H. Ross Perot, met at the Georgia Institute of Technology for…

President Bill Clinton and former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) met at the University of San Diego for the last of two presidential debates prior to the 1996 presidential election. They responded to…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the vice presidential debate at Longwood University.

Vice Presidential candidates Dick Cheney (R) and Senator John Edwards (D-NC) met at Case Western Reserve University for the 2004 vice presidential debate. They answered questions on foreign…

Vice President Joe Biden and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) met at Centre College for the 2012 vice presidential debate. Both foreign and domestic issues were covered, including terrorism…

Senators Dan Quayle (R-IN) and Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) met in Omaha, Nebraska, for the 1988 vice presidential debate. The debate was moderated by Judy Woodruff. Other panelists were Tom…

Presidential nominees Donald Trump (R) and Hillary Clinton (D) debated a variety of economic and foreign policy topics in the first presidential debate of 2016, held at Hofstra University on New…

Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) met at Washington University in St. Louis for the 2008 vice presidential candidates debate. Gwen Ifill moderated the debate, which…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke to reporters in the media center “spin room” following the first presidential debate hosted by Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the presidential debate at Hofstra University. They also welcomed the candidates' spouses,…

President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met at the University of Miami for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2004 presidential election. They answered questions from…

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore met at the University of Massachusetts Boston for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2000 presidential election. The…

President Bill Clinton and former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) met in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first of two presidential debates prior to the 1996 presidential election. The debate was…

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney met in the last of three debates prior the 2012 presidential election. The debate focused on foreign policy, including policy toward the Middle…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the presidential debate in the Wold Performing Arts Center of Lynn University in Boca Raton,…

President Obama and Mitt Romney met at the University of Denver for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2012 presidential election. The debate, presented in the a…

Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore met at Wake Forest University for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 2000 presidential election. They sat at a…

Telephone lines were open for reaction to the second of three debates between presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. This town hall style debate was held at Hofstra…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the presidential debate at Hofstra University. Brief audio difficulties existed during Candy…

Telephone lines were open for comments on the 2012 presidential campaign prior to the second of three presidential debates. Also included were interviews with journalists and debate…

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met at Belmont University for the second of three presidential debates prior to the 2008 presidential election. They answered…

Officials briefed members of the audience on proper debate procedures and etiquette prior to the 2012 vice presidential debate in the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College in…

Debate organizers briefed the audience on proper etiquette, standards of conduct, and rules for the presidential debate at the University of Denver.

Telephone lines were open for reaction to the third of three debates between presidential candidates Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, held at Hofstra University. Interviews with…

Prior to the first of three presidential debates, telephone lines were open for comments on the presidential campaign. Interviews with journalists and debate officials focused on the state…

Following the second of three presidential debates, candidates greeted and spoke informally with members of the audience who had participated in the town hall format event.

West Coast Live Phones: Pres. Debate at Belmont University in Nashville, TN

Campaign officials and party representatives dpoke to the media following the second of three debates between presidential candidates Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, held at Belmont…

Telephone lines were open for comments after the second of three debates between presidential candidates Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Two…

Telephone lines were open for comments prior to the second 2008 presidential debate. Roger Simon talked by live remote about candidate preparations for the evening debate and activities on the…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the vice presidential debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden.

Following the vice presidential debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden, campaign surrogates, party leaders and others spoke to reporters about their impressions of the…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the vice presidential debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden. During calls video clips of the debate and post-debate…

Prior to the vice presidential debate, telephone lines were open for comments on expectations for the candidates. Debate organizers spoke about the event and to the audience in attendance…

Vice presidential candidates Dick Cheney (R) and Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) met at Centre College for the 2000 vice presidential candidates debate. Candidates sat at a round table with…

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met at the University of Mississippi for the first of three presidential debates prior to the 2008 presidential election. Jim…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the first of three presidential debates. Clips of spin room interviews with shown. The spin room is where supporters go to make the case for…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the first of three presidential debates

Representatives of the McCain and Obama campaigns spoke with reporters at the conclusion of the first presidential debate. They reiterated their support for their respective candidates and…

Prior to the first of three presidential debates, telephone lines were open for comments on the presidential campaign and expectations for the candidates' meeting. Additionally debate…

President George H.W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR), and H. Ross Perot met at Michigan State University for the last of three presidential debates prior to the 1992 presidential election. During the first half of…

Representatives of the Bush and Kerry campaigns spoke with reporters at the conclusion of the final presidential debate. They reiterated their support for their respective candidates and…

Prior to the third in a series of three presidential candidate debates, officials briefed the audience on the debate format, rules of the debate, and expected decorum from the audience.

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the third of three presidential debates on domestic policy. Clips from the debate, reaction scenes, and journalist analysis was also…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the third of three presidential debates focusing on domestic policy.

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the third of three presidential debates focusing on domestic policy.

Prior to the third of three presidential debates, officials and others talked about debate preparations, the selection of debate sites, expectations for the debate, and the 2004 election…

Telephone lines were opened for audience comments after a re-airing of the presidential debate. Video clips of crowd scenes were shown from earlier in the evening.

Telephone lines were opened for audience comments. Crowd shots were shown from earlier in the evening. Interviews were shown of campaign advisers answering the question, “Who won?” Former…

Following the second of three presidential candidate debates, campaign officials and surrogates in the Francis Field House at Washington University in St. Louis spoke to reporters about…

Telephone lines were opened for audience comments. Live crowd shots were shown as the two candidates and their families greeted supporters after the debate.

Officials briefed the audience prior to the second in a series of three presidential candidate debates. The format for the debate was a town hall meeting with questions submitted by…

Prior to the presidential debate live interviews were conducted in the “spin” room and in the auditorium. Video clips were shown of some earlier outdoor interviews on the campus of…

Following a debate between vice presidential candidates at Case Western Reserve University, campaign officials and others reacted to the debate and spoke to reporters in an area set aside for the media…

Following a debate between vice presidential candidates, telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the debate. Between telephone calls portions of official reactions to the debate from the media…

Following a debate between vice presidential candidates, telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the debate.

Prior to a vice presidential candidate debate at Case Western Reserve University, organizers and officials spoke to the audience about the rules of debate and expected decorum for the…

Mr. Hallett talked about the vice presidential candidate debate between Senator Edwards and Vice President Cheney, preparations for the debate, and expectations for the event.

The vice presidential candidates met in Danville, Kentucky for their only debate. In this version, C-SPAN showed the two candidates in separate video windows throughout the debate to enable…

In the “spin room” after the second of three presidential debates, campaign officials answered media questions about their debate impressions.

Following the first of three presidential debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, campaign officials and surrogates spoke to the media about their impressions of the debate and the remarks of…

Prior to the first in a series of three presidential candidate debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates and the University of Miami, officials briefed the audience on the…

Following the first of three presidential candidates' debates, telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the debate and candidates' remarks. Additionally video clips from several…

Following the first of three debates between presidential candidates, telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the debate and candidates' remarks.

Prior to the first of three debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the debate. Journalists and officials also talked…

Following the third and final presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, representatives for both campaigns spoke to reporters about their impressions of the…

Prior to the third and final debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, officials outlined the format of the debate and briefed the audience on proper behavior.

Following a re-airing of the third and final presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions.

Following the third and final presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions about the debate.…

Prior to the third and final presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, guests discussed the format of the debate, the site selection process, and the media…

Commission designers explained how they created the stage set and backdrop for the October 17 presidential debate at Washington University.

Officials talked about the format for the October 17 presidential debate to be held on the Washington University campus. They answered media questions. Students also commented on topics…

Presidential candidates met in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for their second debate. In this version, C-SPAN showed the two candidates in separate video windows to enable viewers to see…

Prior to the second of three presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential debates, officials greeted the audience and reviewed the rules of the debate.

Following the second of three presidential debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions.

Following the second of three presidential debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions.

Prior to the second of three presidential debates telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions. Guests talked about the format of the debate, the venue and site selection.…

Prior to a vice presidential debate, organizers briefed the audience on the debate format and asked that they not participate in, or try to influence the debate.

Campaign representatives spoke to individual members of the media about their impressions of the evening’s vice presidential debate.

Following a rebroadcast of the vice presidential debate, telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions about the debate. Additionally remarks by campaign representatives to…

Following the vice presidential debate, telephone lines were open for viewer questions and comments on the debate. Additionally several press interviews with campaign officials were shown.

Prior to a vice presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, guests talked about the debate format, the location of the debate, the issues likely to be…

The presidential candidates met in Boston for the first debate. In this version, C-SPAN showed the two candidates in separate video windows throughout the debate to enable viewers to see…

Following the first of three presidential debates, telephone lines were open for viewer comments and questions about the debate. Additionally several people with ties to the campaigns were…