Hill challenges Barrack to Lincoln/Douglas type debate.

[anamnua]

This essentially means a debate without moderators which will remove one plausible excuse for chickening out.
This would be an mouthwatering prospect. With her sharper intellect, debating skills, and keener grasp of the issues he would be torn to shreds. It will be interesting to see what evasive strategy he puts into operation.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/26/obama.debate/

[lisa58]

1. this has been posted at least 8 times

[virtualobserver]

2. her ability to lie with a straight face

[Donkeykick]

3. I agree with this.

Keeps the press out and allows a true ole fashioned duke out. :thumbsup:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. He has to call the date when HE is ready (he already asked in April)

[C_U_L8R]

5. oh Hillary wants to debate slavery?

not a good idea

[leftofcool]

6. Do you know anything about the Lincoln/Douglas debates?

They were both candidates for president. Check your history

[C_U_L8R]

8. Of course. Slavery was the central topic of all seven debates.

Besides i was just messing with you.

[guyanakoolaid]

7. I love the "chicken" insult. But as John Stewart has pointed out, Obama has already countered with

the "I'm rubber, you're glue" strategy.

Why waste the time or money on debating somebody who would need to capture 70% of the remaining vote to win?

It's Hillary's own strategy from New York, so the "rubber, you're glue" thing is actually applicable here, you are in essence calling Hillary the same insults you are Obama.

[papau]

18. Obama the coward will not debate one on one for fear he might "mis-speak"

[scheming daemons]

23. Debated four times with her "one on one".... and he won 3 of those debates...

...

Not an issue.


She needs free media time.... he's under no obligation to provide oxygen to her dead campaign.

[guyanakoolaid]

26. I doubt he's afraid of creating a sniper scenario out of thin air

[Roxy66]

9. I hope he takes her on ....this is great!!

[Catherina]

10. Crawl back under your rock Hillary. 3/4 of America is sick of you. n/t

[VolcanoJen]

11. Yawn. 8 millionth thread about Hillary's latest "I Need Free Media" strategy.

I wouldn't nibble at her catnip... side by side press conferences after 95% of the nation has already voted?

In the words of Princess Hillary, Whoop-de-doo.

[GoldieAZ49]

12. He cannot afford anymore debates, he is busy showing how tough a basketball player

he is.

the "new tough" is to not respond

:rofl:

[Seabiscuit]

13. Obama won't do it because its not rehearsed. When he is off a rehearsed message he makes gaffes.

I'm not so sure that Hillary can pull it off either but you better believe she will never back down.

[guyanakoolaid]

19. He had the best improv comeback of the PA "debate":

Clinton started lashing out as his plan for social security. Obama countered that Hillary had no plan at all except to "form a committee to look into it". So instead of deferring, she continued to defend her lack of a plan by deferring to a future committee, and saying that's what Republicans did in 1983. Here's the transcript:



SENATOR CLINTON: ...with all due respect, the last time we had a crisis in Social Security was 1983. President Reagan and Speaker Tip O'Neill came up with a commission. That was the best and smartest way, because you've got to get Republicans and Democrats together.

That's what I will do. And I will say, number one, don't cut benefits on current beneficiaries; they're already having a hard enough time. And number two, do not impose additional tax burdens on middle-class families.

There are lots of ways we can fix Social Security that don't impose those burdens, and I will do that.

SENATOR OBAMA: That commission raised the retirement age, Charlie, and also raised the payroll tax. And so Senator Clinton, if she -- she can't have it both ways. You can't come at me for proposing a solution that will save Social Security without burdening middle- income Americans, and then suggest that somehow she's got a magic solution.

SENATOR CLINTON: But there are more progressive ways of doing it than, you know, lifting the cap. And I think we'll work it out. I have every confidence we're going to work it out. I know that we can make this happen.

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Like a good conservative, she doesn't want to life the cap above $97,000.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. A true peek behind the curtains. nt

[stellanoir]

14. baloney

They've had 21 debates thus far,

The last one was so incredibly biased.

Without Cronkite, Moyers, and Maddow as moderators, we have no hope.

Where are the league of women voters when you need them?

[anamnua]

15. His debating is on a par with his bowling nt

[tabatha]

16. Her campaign management is in the ditch.

That is why she is being ditched.

[stellanoir]

21. he' an ace basketball player,

[stellanoir]

25. check out his basketball chops

[groovytang]

17. Hill needs face time, she's been torpedoed

[cliffordu]

20. Please don't drink and post, it just makes you look foolish.

[scheming daemons]

22. A) Obama is under no obligation to give Hillary free air time and B) His opponent is now John McCain

...Hillary is old news. The primary race is over, for anyone who passed 3rd-grade math.


Obama debating Clinton at this point is not much different than McCain debating Huckabee.

[RichardRay]

24. I don't believe Senator Clinto knows...

what a 'Lincoln-Douglas' debate is. If she just means a un-moderated free for all then Senator Obama makes a good tactical choice in turning her down. If she really means an LD debate in the full NFL format then it would be a great step upwards from anything I've ever seen touted as a 'debate' in US electoral politics.

Definition of 'Lincoln-Douglas' Debate

(Note: 'NFL' is not the National Football League :-)

(as long as anyone can keep posting the 'Lincoln-Douglas' canard I can keep pasting this in :-)

[BlueIdaho]

28. The answer ( again) is NO

This is not going to happen. Even if you hold your breath until you turn blue - this is not going to happen. Please check in with HillaryCentralCommand for the new talking points for Monday.

Nothing to see here - just keep moving along.