2008
Three Debates Only [Greg Pollowitz]
Obama on July 30:
“I was just reading that Wild Bill Hickok. He had the first duel in the town square here in Springfield,” Obama told the crowd of around 1,000. Referencing his extended family tree, Obama said that legend has it that he is related to Hickok.
“So we’re going to research that cause I’m ready to duel John McCain on taxes. Right now, right here. I am a quick draw.”
"Right now, right here," however, does not actually mean "right now, right here." They are, in effect, just words:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed further away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of Lincoln-Douglas debates, agreeing only to the standard three face-offs in the fall proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
In a letter to the commission, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said the short period between the last political convention and the first proposed debate made it likely that the commission-sponsored debates would be the only ones in the fall.
''We've committed to the three debates on the table,'' campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in an interview. ''It's likely they will be the three appearances by the candidates this fall.''
08/02 02:31 PM
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