Just what you want in a President....a guy who's scared to death of being asked a question by someone who isn't one of his own partisans or shills. If his ideas are so great, and his leadership so strong, shouldn't he be able to take a tough question from someone who doesn't agree with him?
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3586-2004Sep7.html
Bush Likely to Bow Out of 1 Debate
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 8, 2004; Page A08
President Bush may skip one of the three debates that have been proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates and accepted by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Republican officials said yesterday.
The officials said Bush's negotiating team plans to resist the middle debate, which was to be Oct. 8 in a town meeting format in the crucial state of Missouri.
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The audience for the second debate, to be at Washington University in St. Louis, was to be picked by the Gallup Organization. The commission said participants should be undecided voters from the St. Louis area.
A presidential adviser said campaign officials were concerned that people could pose as undecided when they actually are partisans.
"It's not a fear of the format," said the adviser, who refused to be identified to avoid annoying Bush. "They want two debates that are focused on clear differences on foreign and domestic policy. We benefit from the differences."
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3586-2004Sep7.html
Bush Likely to Bow Out of 1 Debate
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 8, 2004; Page A08
President Bush may skip one of the three debates that have been proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates and accepted by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Republican officials said yesterday.
The officials said Bush's negotiating team plans to resist the middle debate, which was to be Oct. 8 in a town meeting format in the crucial state of Missouri.
.....
The audience for the second debate, to be at Washington University in St. Louis, was to be picked by the Gallup Organization. The commission said participants should be undecided voters from the St. Louis area.
A presidential adviser said campaign officials were concerned that people could pose as undecided when they actually are partisans.
"It's not a fear of the format," said the adviser, who refused to be identified to avoid annoying Bush. "They want two debates that are focused on clear differences on foreign and domestic policy. We benefit from the differences."