Blue-ribbon group pushes for 2016 debate changes

[Tx4obama]

Blue-ribbon group pushes for 2016 debate changes

Top officials from past presidential campaigns have quietly formed a group to push for major changes in the general election debates, with recommendations expected by late spring.

The working group is questioning the debates’ format, moderator-selection process and location: Might a TV studio make more sense than a college town? Members said a major goal is to make more allowance for changing technology and the rise of social media. A likely recommendation is an earlier start for the debates, in response to the increase in absentee voting.

Members include the longtime lead debate negotiator for each party: Bob Bauer for Democratic nominees and Ben Ginsberg for the Republicans. So the Annenberg Working Group on Presidential General Election Debates could have a profound effect on the signature fall events of the race for the White House. The group’s co-chairs were top debate-prep advisers to each of the 2012 nominees: Anita Dunn for President Obama, and Beth Myers for Mitt Romney.

The group is sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, debate expert and the center’s director, leads the study.

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Full article here: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/general-election-debate-changes-group-100428.html

[Warpy]

1. Give it back to the League of Women Voters

Candidates were discouraged from spewing canned speeches when they ran it. If they tried, they were picked apart during the rebuttal.

[PoliticAverse]

3. They had to take it away from them, they were letting third party candidates sneak in... n/t

[Warpy]

4. Yes, I know, how shameful!

Stupid and corrupt asses need to give it back.

[longship]

2. More Republican primary debates!!!!

I want the TV schedule chock-a-block with them throughout 2016. More! MORE!!!!

[pangaia]

5. "Blue Ribbon?" OOpppss better run for the hills..

[LiberalElite]

6. are we gonna get screwed in this? n/t