Pennsylvania Debate: Clinton Agrees

Pennsylvania Debate: Clinton Agrees

Huffington Post   |   March 13, 2008 04:54 PM


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UPDATE: Obama has now agreed to the Pennsylvania debate. Plus, he's accepted another debate in North Carolina:

Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign has accepted ABC's invitation for a 4/16 debate in Philadelphia.


So has Obama -- but he's also accepted a debate for 4/19 in North Carolina, one hosted by Katie Couric and Bob Scheiffer of CBS News.

Hillary Clinton has agreed today to attend a debate in Philadelphia. The Obama camp has not said yet whether they will agree.

Read Clinton's memo:

The Clinton campaign today announced that Hillary has accepted an invitation to participate in a primetime debate hosted by ABC. The debate will be held in Philadelphia, PA in advance of the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary. The debate will be broadcast statewide and nationally.


Hillary is prepared to show she has real solutions for the problems facing residents of the Keystone State.

Hillary is the only candidate with a plan to end the housing crisis and help people keep their homes. Hillary's plan takes bold action to stem the tide of foreclosures with a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures and a five year freeze on interest rates for subprime mortgages.

Hillary is also the only candidate with a health care plan that covers every American. Her plan allows for maximum flexibility while making sure health care costs are affordable for working families.

Hillary hears the voices of Americans concerned about their future and is focused on providing solutions to the problems they face.

Check out Huffpost's coverage of the Pennsylvania primary.


 
 

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- mamacat See Profile I'm a Fan of mamacat permalink

Good.
The more discussion of issues effecting us all, the better.
As far as I am concerned, they should have discussions/debates after a nominee is selected, and after a president is elected. We need something much better than a president who makes decisions without the public having any real idea of what the president is thinking.
Bush's press conferences have been mostly propaganda mills, devoid of the give and take of a discussion.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:34 PM on 03/14/2008
- larry278 See Profile I'm a Fan of larry278 permalink

These debates are more tolerable if you read HP's blogs on them. Neither BHO nor HRC speak as rapidly as some of us can read a transcript of a debate, analysis or a summary of a debate. I plan to miss listening to or watching the debates as usual. Print always beats the ever so slow audio.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:25 PM on 03/14/2008
- DoAsISay See Profile I'm a Fan of DoAsISay permalink

"Senator Clinton, do I have your permission to ask you the first question? I promise it will be about healthcare, and if you let me ask you the first question more than once, I promise to shut off Senator Obama's microphone everytime he tries to mention your vote on Iraq".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:39 PM on 03/14/2008
- Felicty See Profile I'm a Fan of Felicty permalink

WORD from Bill Clinton's former counsel:

Craig: The point that I am making is that her claims of the nature of that experience are overstated. The fact is she did not sit in on national security meetings. She did not have a security clearance. She did not attend meetings in the situation room. She conducted no negotiations. She did not manage any part of the national security bureaucracy. She did not have her own national security staff. That's the fact. Now the experience that she did have -- watching and sometimes sitting in the room where discussions were going on and also meeting heads of state and foreign ministers -- that is good experience, and it's invaluable to understanding how the world works when it comes to international organizations as well as international negotiations.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 PM on 03/14/2008
- PKSSK See Profile I'm a Fan of PKSSK permalink

It is known that ABC is in the bag for Clinton, think Stephanopolus and the Como, so watch for the favoritism poised towards Clinton, who of course will play the gender victim card in her favor.

The only one I trust at ABC is Charlie Gibson, who seems to be a man of honor and integrity and will make every effort to have a fair debate. A debate of fairness is all we ask.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:41 AM on 03/14/2008
- JJI See Profile I'm a Fan of JJI permalink

This is absolutely ridiculous.

These will be debates #21 and 22. That is at least 27 hours of footage for any viewer to review. It's pointless to watch them debate for 45 minutes on an insignificant dispute as to how to attain universal health-care, and pander to the individual states only to retract the statement a week later.

"We love NAFTA" in Texas, but "We hate NAFTA in Ohio." They are both guilty of this and insults the intelligence of all that watch.

Here's an idea: let Geraldine Ferraro debate Jeremiah Wright - in a tub of grape jelly. THAT I will watch.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:55 AM on 03/14/2008
- weaselbasher See Profile I'm a Fan of weaselbasher permalink

I live in a suburb of Philadelphia. Our county paper has a feature where people can call in anonymously and the paper will print what they say. Yesterday someone called in reminding republicans they can register as democrats and vote for Hillary in the primary and then re-register as republicans for the fall. The republicans want Hillary as the nominee. They dont want to run against Obama. The newspaper screens these calls. I cant believe that they printed this Limbaugh strategy crap. I hope someone asks Hillary about this during the Pa. debate.

Frickin' weasels!!! BASH!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:21 AM on 03/14/2008
- AntonioMaceo See Profile I'm a Fan of AntonioMaceo permalink

yeah that is totally messed up, there should be a law

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:54 AM on 03/15/2008
- livesimply See Profile I'm a Fan of livesimply permalink

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the Clinton campaign which is the originator of this strategy. She is showing she will do most anything to win.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:11 AM on 03/15/2008
- treadway123 See Profile I'm a Fan of treadway123 permalink

So if there is going to be a debate I want to ask" How is it you called Obama on his past association with Rezca and You andBill have taken donations in the past from Rezca and have not returned all those donations"? I also want to know if she is willing to " return 170,000 from the ill. accounting firm that is know under Fed investigation for sexual harrasment,sexual assualt and berating women in the work place"?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:46 AM on 03/14/2008
- jules135 See Profile I'm a Fan of jules135 permalink

NO! NO MORE DEBATES! WHAT IS THE POINT?! We already know everything we need to know about each of their positions on all the issues.

Instead: DUEL IN PENNSYLVANIA

PISTOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Even 500 rummy would be more interesting...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:35 AM on 03/14/2008
- AntonioMaceo See Profile I'm a Fan of AntonioMaceo permalink

lawl, seriously I'm done with these debates. There are no more policy issues to hash through and the only content that could possibly come out will be personal attacks and dirty laundry.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:48 AM on 03/15/2008
- AdLib See Profile I'm a Fan of AdLib permalink

The debates aren't really "debates" anyway. Does Hillary ever really answer a single question she's asked? They should just be called "Propaganda Opportunities".

They aren't staged for us, they're sought by Hillary to give her free exposure and another opportunity to try another attack on Obama.

However, as I said below, I think they will backfire on Hillary from now on. The more you see her phony open-mouth smile, how can you not be reminded of "SHAME!" and "3am" and "celestial choirs".

I mean, people are going to ask themselves, "Do I really want four straight years of this schizophrenia?"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Look at your first two paragraphs. That is what I mean (see below in a reply to you).
Accomodating Hillary. Aren't really debates anyway. Sought bve her. Free exposure.
Obama needs to say as much, though with subtlety, and then say there are far more important things to do, that any more debates are wasting the voter's time.
He needs to take the lead and not be accomodating Hillary, it doesn't look presidential to be doing that.
He is passive.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 AM on 03/14/2008
- WLA See Profile I'm a Fan of WLA permalink

Her campaign leaders are masochists.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:51 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Obama should have said what you have said. A great big NO. Now he looks weak again, following her lead. Again. Perception is everything. Every time she snaps her fingers for a debate, he shows up. Not good. He needs to take the lead, from here on out and in all things.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 AM on 03/14/2008
- lunadove See Profile I'm a Fan of lunadove permalink

Yeah, but she looses control of herself and her emotions more and more in each debate. It is in his favor to be agreeable on this. He's just giving her enough rope to hang herself. He sits there competely unflappable, while she looks as if she is going to reach right out of skin to choke him.
It's the same thing as the Al Gore "sigh and roll your eyes" efftect. People don't like to see it.
Obama just gets better with each debate.
If he said no, people would think he was afraid anyways.
It might be good for the voters of PA to se them side by side as well. I hope this whole fiasco ends soon.
Let's move on to more diplomatic relations -
in the Democratic Party,
in the USA
and Internationaly.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:35 AM on 03/14/2008
- scandals&skeletons See Profile I'm a Fan of scandals&skeletons permalink

it is never a sign of weakness to agree to debate. weakness would have been obama refusing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:24 AM on 03/14/2008
- WLA See Profile I'm a Fan of WLA permalink

Pfft! It's just another chance for her to step in it. She'll come out slinging end up looking worse. Her advisers steered her off of a cliff and now they're pushing the wreckage into the river.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:53 AM on 03/14/2008
- kevenhussienseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenhussienseven permalink

I think you are putting way too much into that. Only the tiniest fraction of Americans follow the race as closely as do you, and only a fraction of us see him as weakened by agreeing to debate, I certainly do not.

You really need to remember that fully a quarter of the 120million Americans who will vote in Nov could not name all three of the remaining major candidates.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:47 AM on 03/14/2008
- AdLib See Profile I'm a Fan of AdLib permalink

Hello-o-o-o-o-o?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:22 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

I said hello, bello. see below!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:27 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Hillary just wants a place to ambush Obama.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:46 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Hi Kev, hi Chi, been over on the PRO-OBAMA GOVERNORS CHALLENGE HILLARY thread for a while, hot for about an hour, big fight, was here about two hours ago, have you seen AdLib, don't like this new Obama-Clinton debate idea, bad.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:40 AM on 03/14/2008
- AdLib See Profile I'm a Fan of AdLib permalink

Hey nohat, wussup? Nochnoi, we made it another day! Hey Kev!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:13 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Hi, AdLib, see ahead for SOME of has been up. Not pleasant. I can't decide which thread to be on, there is the Florida, Michigan Revote one, but it has some posts pending, or it did a minute ago. What do you make of there being more debates?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:22 AM on 03/14/2008
- Nochnoi See Profile I'm a Fan of Nochnoi permalink

You are so Over Exaggerating..... there was no big fight.... it wasn't hot.... we were all joking around until you went all paranoid and angry on us....

Tell it like it was.... or don't tell it at all.................

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:57 AM on 03/14/2008
- kevenhussienseven See Profile I'm a Fan of kevenhussienseven permalink

Well, this is a really dull conversation.

And I can't find that thread, what a pain!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:41 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

You are the one that is paranoid. Someone just barely questioned your willingness to stage a protest yesterday, and you flipped. I wasn't angry at anyone. I see why some Hillary supporters think Obama supporters are a cult, though. People like you who, when someone disagrees with you, start throwing mud. Questioning their support of Obama, or saying they are paranoid and angry all because they feel strongly about something. Switch sides, I don't think Obama needs extremists like you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:30 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Oh, stuff it, would you? You have been fighting with different posters for 2 days, then you apologized when you signed off last night, then when I came on today you were after BGAE, etc. And until you apologize for questioning my support of Obama all because I---like lots of other Obama supporters on this site---don't agree with you that he has it sewed up, stay away from me. And I wasn't exaggerating, I was cutting up, like I always do---and like you know I always do. Yesterday someone questioned your willingness to protest something or other, and you took the huff! I think it was AdLib. Then you turn around today and start in on me. What a little hypocrite. I was just raising some points, but because you didn't like them....stay away until you grow up, please.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:10 AM on 03/14/2008
- RISEUPAMERICA See Profile I'm a Fan of RISEUPAMERICA permalink

Hey Bots.........

I bet All this MSM coverage of the "racist' Rev. Wright will shake up the Iowa County Conventions re-allocation of delegates on Saturday........Anyone wanna take that bet??

You do know that Iowa is EXTREMELY religious and i am sure Rev Wrights comments about White people [iowa is mostly white ya know] will definitely not sit very well at all ....... : D

( rubbing my hands together in anticipation for saturday!! )

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:30 AM on 03/14/2008
- AntonioMaceo See Profile I'm a Fan of AntonioMaceo permalink

hey newb sauce, I will bet you a gazillion internet dollars that the Iowa delegate count stays right where it is.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:53 AM on 03/15/2008
- DAbraha See Profile I'm a Fan of DAbraha permalink

Hillary does not have anything new to offer and that is why she has stooped so low to an attack mode to divide this country, to win at any cost dragging down the democratic party with her. I can't stand watching two days of debate with this monster.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:10 AM on 03/14/2008
- nohat See Profile I'm a Fan of nohat permalink

Yes, but why doesn't the party DO something about Hillary then? What are they waiting for? Are they going to wait until the Dem. party looks as if it's condoning all her race-baiting moves, by its' silence and unwillingness to take her aside? Great! THAT should help us in November. I fully agree with you that she has nothing new to offer; I wonder if you agree with me that the party looks weak---too weak to govern?---by letting one woman in it run amok like this.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:20 AM on 03/14/2008
- livesimply Se