Public Agenda Releases Debate Commentary and Launches Interactive “Debates 2008″ Page
October 9th, 2008
By Billy Hallowell, VoterWatch
Earlier today, we released Dick Morris’ commentary on this week’s presidential debate. Now, we’re excited to release the second round of perspective from one of America’s most trusted research and civic engagement organizations — Public Agenda.
Public Agenda can always be relied on to present a fair and balanced look at the issues, which is why VoterWatch is honored to have the organization on board for our Presidential Debates Project. Today, Scott Bittle (Executive Vice-President of Public Agenda) released commentary on the second presidential debate. Bittle had this to say about this the town hall-style forum:
Despite the criticism of the town hall format, in many ways the second presidential debate was more substantive than the first session, and dramatically more so than the vice presidential debate last week. (I mean the real one, not the SNL version). Political junkies often say the town hall debate just regurgitates old news, but for many voters who haven’t been paying attention and are just starting to think about the candidates, that’s useful information. (Even more useful, if we may be so bold, is our Voter’s Survival Kit, which points out many of the facts that the candidates skated over in the debate.)
In addition to insightful editorial and video commentary (using the VoterWatch media player, of course), Public Agenda also released a more general page devoted to the presidential debates. This interactive hub provides information on each debate, video commentary using the VoterWatch media player, links to debate transcripts, information on and links to Public Agenda’s insanely useful Voter Survival Kit (non-partisan election guides on a variety of subjects) and much more. Be sure to check out Public Agenda’s “Debates 2008″ page. You can also click below to watch Bittle’s commentary on the second presidential debate:
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2 Comments Add your own
1. movie fan | October 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I noticed a difference in leadership styles between the two candidates: McCain tends to say, “Follow me because the other guy can’t get it done” while Obama says, “follow me because I can get it done.” Ideally, the candidates should say, “follow me because i will help you get it done” … in any case, Obama demonstrates superior leadership between the two
2. VoterWatch’s Presid&hellip | October 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
[...] you missed it, be sure to check out commentary from Dick Morris and Public Agenda. This morning, Sophia Nelson has once again released her commentary using the VoterWatch media [...]
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