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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 o…

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 t…

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 ab…

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 organi…

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.

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 cam…

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 audience…

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 event.

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.

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.

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 and 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.

Prior to the first of three presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Elections, organizers briefed the audience on the debate format and asked that they not participate …

The Presidential Debate Commission co-chairs and Presidential campaign candidate chairs talked with reporters about the 2000 Debate rules.

Following a second day of meetings, the co-chairmen of the Commission on Presidential Debates and the chairmen of the Gore and Bush campaigns briefly commented on the progress of the negotia…

After their closed meeting, representatives of the Bush and Gore campaigns as well as commission members announced that they had agreed to the commission’s schedule for three presidential an…

Members of the Commission on Presidential Debates briefed reporters on the criteria for including candidates in the 2000 presidential debates. Commission officials indicated candidates had …

Journalists and government officials talked about the format of presidential debates. They drew on past debates to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of certain formats and addresse…

David Bartlett, Michael Freedman, Marvin Kalb, Ellen Thomas, Susan Tolchin, Kathleen Frankovic, Sam Donaldson, and Fran Fahrenkopf discussed several issues associated with the presidential c…

Immediately prior to the second and final presidential debate of 1996, the Debate Commission Co-chairs, local officials, and business representatives welcomed the audience and described the …