Press to Deeds: Accept 10 debate challenge
By Brian Kirwin | Monday, July 6th, 2009 | PoliticsInside NoVA (Potomac News and Manasses Journal Messenger) is calling on Creigh Deeds to actually campaign for Governor and join Bob McDonnell in 10 debates throughout Virginia.
“McDonnell’s proposal would have the first debate happening at the already agreed upon Virginia Bar Association debate on July 25, and ending at the University of Virginia on October 20.
We don’t care where or how these debates happen; we just want to see them happen…So, we hope to see the real character of the gubernatorial candidates at a series of 10 debates. Gentlemen, make it happen.”
Creigh Deeds, the ball’s in your court.
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The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.
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6 Responses to "Press to Deeds: Accept 10 debate challenge"
Well the guy behind in the polls always wants more debates.
Seems to me ten debates might be a little unreasonable. Seems to me that a handful of debates could accomplish the goals. Very few citizens (other then us political junkies) would pay attention to more then a handful. We might be lucky if the majority of the electorate paid attention to even one.
Keep the number small enough to be meaningful and large enough to allow exploration and illumination of viewpoints. I think ten is too many.
Remember that during Presidential primaries.
The McDonnell proposal would have us experience 10 debates within three months. Talk about overkill. Even the primaries for the Presidency didn’t subject us to that.
I’d argue that there were too many debates in the presidential primaries. Particularly among the Republicans, who had a bunch before anybody was eliminated. I don’t think you learn much from debates with eight people onstage. That wouldn’t be a problem here, of course. I just think ten is too many for anybody to remember what happened in each one. Maybe four or five max and in that case make them memorable by dedicating them to specific topics, one on education, one on transportation, one on the state’s financial situation, etc.
There were too many in the presidential primaries. Especially on the GOP side where we got a bunch of debates before anybody was eliminated. I don’t think you learn any thing from a debate with eight people on stage. In the gov race, four or five would be about right. It would be better if they could be made more memorable by dedicating each on to a differien topic. Education for one, transportation for another, the state’s financial situation for a third…
Steve Vaughan,
I think that is a good idea, but from our experience with the Presidential debates it is difficult to get the debate participants to stay on the topic. While all the questions asked might be on topic, they briefly answer the question and then spend the rest of their allotted time on something completely unrelated.
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