http://www.bloggingthedebates.com Exploring the debates with Dick Morris, Cynthia McKinney and many others Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:12:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're only two days away from the 2008 presidential election and we have one last commentary from Sophia Nelson.  Be sure to take a look at her interactive commentary on the last debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama.  Click the image below to launch the commentary: http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/11/one-last-commentary-before-the-2008-election/ By Billy Hallowell, VoterWatch For the past two months, I have had the distinct honor of working with a wonderful classroom of undergraduate students at The College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York City (my alma mater).  Instructed by Dr. Joseph Skelly and Dr. Jacqueline Guzda, these students are ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/the-college-of-mount-saint-vincent-participates-in-voterwatchs-2008-presidential-debates-project/ While we are sad to conclude the 2008 Presidential Debates Project, we are proud of the wonderful commentaries we were able to aggregate from our partners.  Tonight, I am releasing Sophia Nelson's complete commentary on the last debate.  Sophia is our final commentator and we couldn't be more excited to ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/sophia-nelsons-brilliant-commentary-brings-the-2008-presidential-debates-project-to-a-close/ By Billy Hallowell, VoterWatch As our 2008 Presidential Debates Project comes to a close, we are releasing commentary on the final presidential debate.  So far we've released commentary from Dick Morris and The Heritage Foundation.  Today, we're happy to note that Reason Magazine published commentary in our player over at Reason.tv.  ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/reason-magazine-and-the-bob-barr-campaign-release-commentary/ By Billy Hallowell, VoterWatch While the first two presidential debates were completely inadequate in terms of providing valuable information about candidate stances, the final debate was more open in terms of scope and communication.  While still not subscribing to the recommendations that The Open Debate Coalition laid out, the final debate ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/the-heritage-foundation-releases-commentary-on-the-final-presidential-debate/ With the final debate comes Dick Morris' last VoterWatch media player commentary this electoral season. We must say that we were honored to have Dick on board for this important project. His commentary brought in unbelievably interesting perspective. To see Dick's final commentary, click the image below. ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/dick-morris-commentary-released-on-last-mccainobama-face-off/ Be sure to check out "Rate the Debates" following tonight's debate! As per FreePress.net: While anchors and pundits concentrate on how to spin the candidates' performances in the upcoming debates, Free Press and the Tyndall Report want you to rate the media themselves. We have created a "Citizens Media Scorecard" ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/rate-the-debates/ With the final debate only hours away, VoterWatch has been fast at work.  Stay tuned to BloggingTheDebates.com for commentary from Dick Morris, Public Agenda and others over the next few days. Also, we are privileged to be a part of The Open Debate Coalition -- a group of influentials who have ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/the-last-debate/ By Danielle Lanzet, VoterWatch In a funeral oration delivered by Pericles – a distinguished political leader and general of ancient Greece – for the men fallen in the first year of battle of the Peloponnesian War, Pericles asserted that “Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/the-politics-of-voter-apathy/ By Billy Hallowell, VoterWatch As usual, VoteGopher released an intriguing non-partisan look at last week's debate.  We've embedded the commentary below for your viewing, but be sure to also check out the page VoteGopher setup at VoteGopher.org.  Here is the commentary: Also, consider the Bob Barr for President team (the team has once ... http://www.bloggingthedebates.com/2008/10/votegopher-and-the-bob-barr-camp-release-commentary-on-the-second-mccainobama-showdown/