Biden & Trump agree to debate on June 27 and Sept 10

[numbered]

I strongly disagree with Biden about this.

fwiw, the GOP announced a couple years ago that they would never attend another debate staged by the Commission

NPR: Republicans say they're quitting the 'biased' Commission on Presidential Debates

[Speedy]

numbered wrote:

I strongly disagree with Biden about this.

fwiw, the GOP announced a couple years ago that they would never attend another debate staged by the Commission

NPR: Republicans say they're quitting the 'biased' Commission on Presidential Debates

But for Biden I think it would be better PR to stick with the commission.

[vision63]

Trump's bail agreement allows him to attend the debate I believe.

[sekker]

Biden is the one avoiding more debates. And going early in June for the first one would be before the Democratic convention.

That makes for an interesting dynamic.

[Ted King]

If Trump gets to the point where he doesn't want to debate, he can just say that in negotiations with the networks over the structure of the debate that it was clear the networks are favoring Biden so it isn't fair and he's out.

[Speedy]

Ted King wrote:
If Trump gets to the point where he doesn't want to debate, he can just say that in negotiations with the networks over the structure of the debate that it was clear the networks are favoring Biden so it isn't fair and he's out.

This may depend on the outcome of his felony trial. Trump will want to put on a display for the cult if he wins and not so much if he loses.

[$tevie]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=numbered]

I strongly disagree with Biden about this.

fwiw, the GOP announced a couple years ago that they would never attend another debate staged by the Commission

NPR: Republicans say they're quitting the 'biased' Commission on Presidential Debates

But for Biden I think it would be better PR to stick with the commission.
And then what? Debate RFK, jr? Because Trump wouldn't be there.

[$tevie]

mrbigstuff wrote: my hope is that Biden asks him specific things about being President that 45 should know but, of course, does not. I would like to see a discussion involving "shop talk," but I may be in the minority here.

I love that idea. And it would also educate the countless number of people who have no clue what the President of the United States can and cannot (and should not) do.

[PeterB]

I'm fine with this; as I've said before, Joe will wipe the floor with 'em.

Remember, you've got an incumbent, competent, though admittedly not super-popular at the moment, President; vs. a has-been, self-ascribed dictator, who is up for jail terms on various crimes... let the American public decide who is the more credible.

My only issue is that the moderator needs to be able to mute Dump whenever he goes over his time limit or speaks out of turn, which I'm sure will be quite frequently.

As for why Biden ditched the commission: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/wes...n-00158202

Edit: I forgot to mention... you have one candidate who is supported by three other Presidents. The other candidate is supported by... well, nobody other than his sycophants, and they'll ditch him when it becomes politically expedient to do so.

[Speedy]

Thanks, PeterB.

“For the president’s team, much of the decision stemmed from frustration over how the CPD handled the debates in 2020. In the campaign’s letter to the commission Monday, JEN O’MALLEY DILLON ticked off a number of complaints about its approach: that the scheduled debates would take place too late in the process after early voting is already underway in many states, that its model is antiquated and geared towards “huge spectacles” rather than “good debates,” and that the commission was “unable or unwilling to enforce the rules” during those 2020 debates.

Specifically, Biden’s team did not see the point of traveling to a college campus in a random state chosen by the commission — Utah, Texas and Virginia were set to host this year’s debates, a selection that perplexed some aides to the president. But the most problematic aspect of the commission’s debate format was its need to have a live audience. One person familiar with the campaign’s thinking pointed to Trump’s 2023 CNN town hall with anchor KAITLAN COLLINS where the former president’s supporters packed the room, giving the back and forth a feeling more akin to a pro wrestling match.

That could be a potential sticking point for Trump, however. Although he agreed to the studio debates without an audience, he suggested in a Truth Social post that he prefers “more than two debates and, for excitement purposes, a very large venue.”