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Will Trump Make a Race of It in the Debates? Oct. 09, 2016
In the midst of the most debate-heavy week of the fall campaign season, with the vice presidential d... Read More
Robin Hood Economics Falls Flat in Debates Oct. 07, 2016
Robin Hood is dead. Or at least seriously ailing. The politics of taking from the rich and giving to... Read More
In First Presidential Debate, Three's a Crowd Sep. 20, 2016
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld — the former GOP governors of New Mexico and Massachusetts who now ... Read More
Debating the Future Sep. 17, 2016
The presidential debates, especially this year's first scheduled one — at New York's Hofstra U... Read More
Trump Versus Clinton: This Election is all About the Debates Aug. 26, 2016
Conventional wisdom says Donald Trump is going to lose, and lose big. You see it everywhere in corpo... Read More
Will Drama Win the Debates? Aug. 11, 2016
The first of three presidential debates won't happen until Sept. 26. Today, nearly six weeks beforeh... Read More
Celebrating America on July Fourth Jul. 01, 2016
July Fourth is traditionally a day to celebrate not only America's founding but also the exceptional... Read More
The 2016 GOP Debate Debacle Mar. 02, 2016
When the dust settles on this wild and wacky GOP primary season, there will be at least one clear Bi... Read More
Donald Ducks Jan. 29, 2016
"I'm for Trump," the man across the room from me said. We were in the ICU family waiting room, and b... Read More
The Disappearing Governors Nov. 24, 2015
There is a painful irony in a recent decision of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on the side ... Read More
Hard Questions for Debating Democrats Nov. 13, 2015
Imagine for a moment that the purpose of a presidential debate is to elucidate policy differences on... Read More
Debates Have Not Been Kind to Kasich Nov. 03, 2015
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is the Republican in the 2016 presidential field whom Democrats I know like th... Read More
Enough Already With Debates Oct. 30, 2015
There was a time when presidential debates were just that, debates on policy among candidates. Not s... Read More
Politics Behind a Pay Wall: If CNBC Sponsors a Debate, Did It Really Happen? Oct. 30, 2015
There are two kinds of media censorship: direct and self-directed. In an authoritarian regime, nothi... Read More
Debates Give Advantage to GOP Oct. 16, 2015
In 2008, underdog candidate Barack Obama gained prestige by defeating a heavily favored front-runner... Read More
Do the Democrats Have Debate Envy? Oct. 06, 2015
We know it seems way early, but people are talking presidential politics like it's January 2016 rath... Read More
Celebrating GOP Diversity Aug. 12, 2015
I watched those debates on Fox News Channel last week, as well as the coverage afterward. Do you kno... Read More
A Debatable 'Debate' Aug. 11, 2015
The so-called "debates," among too many Republicans to have a debate, are yet another painful sign o... Read More
Yes, Debates 15 Months Before Election Day Do Matter Aug. 01, 2015
Presidential debates, even those with 10 candidates held some 15 months before Election Day, do matt... Read More
Of Cow Pies and Cubes: The Future of Presidential Debating Jul. 15, 2015
Imagine a television stage upon which open-faced cubes are stacked. Each cube is large enough for a ... Read More
