Tag: debates

Such a nasty candidate

Such a nasty candidate

Last night during the last presidential debate, Hillary Clinton was asked about a “grand bargain” that includes benefit cuts and raising taxes to save the Medicare trust fund by moderator Chris Wallace from FOX News. In her response, she got a dig in a Donald Trump for his use of a feature of the tax code which allows him to […]

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Trump takes the Gish Gallop into overdrive (but Clinton knows just how to Biden him)

Trump takes the Gish Gallop into overdrive (but Clinton knows just how to Biden him)

“What’s the matter? Can’t keep up?” Duane Gish is a famous scientist known as a staunch Creationist. His debate style was so remarkable that it eventually got its own name: “The Gish Gallop”. Here’s how Wikipedia explains it: His debating opponents said that Gish used a rapid-fire approach during a debate, presenting arguments and changing topics quickly. Eugenie Scott, executive […]

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Here’s who won the Democratic presidential debate in Flint

Here’s who won the Democratic presidential debate in Flint

Last night’s Democratic debate in Flint showed America that there is a stark contrast between the Democrats and the Republicans who are vying to be the president of our country. And there were two clear winners in the debate: Flint and the American people. During their debate in Detroit over the weekend, the Republican candidates argued over who would be […]

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VIDEO: Foreclosure vulture David Trott and Democrat Bobby McKenzie throw down on WDIV’s Flashpoint + Trott protests planned

VIDEO: Foreclosure vulture David Trott and Democrat Bobby McKenzie throw down on WDIV’s Flashpoint + Trott protests planned

Yesterday, WDIV-TV aired segment featuring a debate of sorts between Republican Foreclosure vulture David Trott and his MI-11 Democratic opponent Bobby McKenzie. It was a contentious debate and I’m told a number of f-bombs were tossed during the commercial break and afterwards.

McKenzie repeatedly hammered Trott on his foreclosure activities that tossed 80,000 people out of their homes in one year. Trott doubled down on his position that Obamacare has to be repealed and replaced and on his opposition to marriage equality.

Trott refused to call McKenzie by his proper first name, repeatedly calling him “Bob” throughout the debate.

Video after the jump along with information about two Trott protests, tonight and tomorrow.

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GUEST POST: Observations from a Schauer/Snyder debate attendee: “The atmosphere was completely different than on TV”

GUEST POST: Observations from a Schauer/Snyder debate attendee: “The atmosphere was completely different than on TV”

Eclectablog reader Mark was in attendance at the one-and-only debate between Republican Governor Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate Mark Schauer on Sunday night. He sent me his observations as someone who was actually in the room and has agreed to allow me to share his comments with you. As you will see, the atmosphere inside the debate venue was considerably […]

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Mark Schauer put Rick Snyder on the defensive in their one debate, Snyder acted frantic

Mark Schauer put Rick Snyder on the defensive in their one debate, Snyder acted frantic

Last night’s one and only gubernatorial debate between Republican Rick Snyder and his Democratic challenger Mark Schauer showed our state two very different men. While Schauer gave answers that were succinct and generally on point, Snyder came across as frantic and defensive for most of the evening. The debate opened with a question about education funding and Schauer didn’t back […]

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Bill Schuette pulls a “Terri Lynn Land”, scuttles Attorney General debate with Mark Totten

Bill Schuette pulls a “Terri Lynn Land”, scuttles Attorney General debate with Mark Totten

Democratic candidate for Attorney General Mark Totten has been attempting to schedule a debate with the Ken Cuccinelli of Michigan, Republican Bill Schuette. Schuette’s jerk move response was to give one date, October 31st, so that it would air just a couple of days before the election. Totten was not available that day given the intense get out the vote […]

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The Politics of Debating: Why Michigan’s political dysfunction continues to make YOU work harder

The Politics of Debating: Why Michigan’s political dysfunction continues to make YOU work harder

Politics have many unofficial rules and philosophies that have been followed for years. Pundits of all political persuasions sometimes use these “excuses” to strengthen their point of view, or to protect their party’s candidate and to justify inconvenient truth(s). One such inconvenient truth is that incumbents for office, like Governor, for example, don’t need to debate their opponent. The conventional […]

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EVENT: Livestream of Citizens United debate between David Cobb & James Bopp in Ann Arbor – 9/8/14

EVENT: Livestream of Citizens United debate between David Cobb & James Bopp in Ann Arbor – 9/8/14

Move to Amend’s David Cobb Tomorrow night, the Ann Arbor-area group Reclaim Our American Democracy (ROAD) will livestream a public debate between Move to Amend‘s David Cobb and corporate attorney James Bopp over the Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision. The event takes place at the Pittsfield Township Hall (Pittsfield Township Administration Building, 6201 W. Michigan Ave., Ann Arbor) and starts […]

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WOOD-TV cancels debate between Gary Peters & Terri Lynn Land due to Land’s lack of cooperation

WOOD-TV cancels debate between Gary Peters & Terri Lynn Land due to Land’s lack of cooperation

A planned September 8th U.S. Senate debate to be hosted by WOOD-TV has been cancelled after Terri Lynn Land and her campaign staff failed to cooperate in setting it up. From the Peters campaign: WOOD-TV is canceling its proposed September 8th U.S. Senate debate because the Land campaign refused to coordinate with organizers. In response, Peters for Michigan Debate Negotiator, […]

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GUEST POST: “Who’s on First?” in Governor Rick Snyder’s Scheduling Office

GUEST POST: “Who’s on First?” in Governor Rick Snyder’s Scheduling Office

The following is a guest post from Teresa Blundell of Michigan. She gathered signatures asking Governor Snyder to agree to participate in multiple debates with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer. This is her account of getting the run-around from Gov. Snyder’s office in her attempt to deliver the petitions. When you’re through reading it, ask yourself if this sounds like […]

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