Now that Bob Barr (GA) has secured the Libertarian nomination for president efforts to get him in the political mix pick up pace. Not surprisingly some in the Libertarian party have begun to push Barr's inclusion in the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
Republican Senator Conrad Burns met challenger Democrat Jon Tester before a large crowd at Montana State University in Bozeman Monday evening (Oct. 9). The debate aired live on C-Span As a MSU alum I watched the debate with nostalgia as both candidates sought to identify with the Bobcat audience.
I have followed the series of debates in the Montana Senate race (commentary on the first two below). The MSU debate was third in a series of six debates (and a seventh was held earlier in the year in Whitefish sponsored by the Montana Broadcasters- also on C-Span). The reason for six debates grows out of a Montana tradition for lots of debates. In one of Marc Racicot governor races debates numbers somewhere in the 30 range (but at that point who was counting . . . or listening). Another reason for so many debates is that Montana is a large state with many media markets and population centers that match the number of debates.
I watched the debate expecting to comment on the idea of can there be too many debates in a campaign. I predicted I would not learn much that was new from the Bozeman encounter. Surely two or three debates are enough in any campaign. That is not what happened. This debate diverged from the other two in important ways.
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