Posts with the tag 'public agenda'
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 again provided some excellent third-party analysis). Check it out and be sure to post comments:
Tags: bob barr, public agenda, ralph nader, votegopher, voterwatch
October 12th, 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:
Tags: election debate, joe biden, McCain, obama, presidential debates, public agenda, sarah palin, scott bittle, voterwatch
October 9th, 2008
By Billy Hallowell
If you’ve been missing our regular releases, Dick Morris, Brett Winterble of CovertRadio, the Bob Barr for President team and the Ralph Nader for President team have already posted their commentary. And now, we have some highly anticipated pieces from Public Agenda and Sophia Nelson!
Public Agenda put together an extremely informative package. In addition to checking out what one of America’s most respected organizations has to say about last week’s debate, be sure to check out Public Agenda’s non-partisan “Voter’s Survival Kit” - a one-stop-shop for non-partisan perspective on some of America’s most pressing issues. Click the image below to launch Public Agenda’s commentary, which presents their non-partisan perspective on the candidates’ words and presentation during Friday’s debate:
Also released today were Sophia Nelson’s thoughts about Friday’s debate between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama. Her insightful commentary can be found below:
Stay tuned as VoterWatch creates landing pages for each of our commentators. Then, you’ll have direct access to their most recent debate commentary as well as a logged copies of past debates. Interested in getting involved in the Presidential Debates Project? Contact us at info@voterwatch.org.
Tags: political intersection, public agenda, scott bittle, sophia nelson, voter's survival guides
September 29th, 2008
