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Alan Schroeder: Now Is the Time for More Republican Presidential Debates
Can it really be the end of the line for the 2012 Republican debates, just as the presidential primary season kicks into its final, crucial months? A long-scheduled March 19 joint appearance in Oregon now appears unlikely to materialize, and no further debates loom on the horizon. Yet this is precisely the moment when Republican voters ought to be demanding additional opportunities for side-by-side comparison shopping among their top presidential contenders.
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Alan Schroeder: Final Four: The GOP Arizona Debate
Scorpions in a bottle, or comrades in arms? The GOP presidential debate in Mesa, Arizona, was really two separate events: a first half in which the candidates spat venom at each other, and a second half in which they agreed on most everything -- all except contrarian Ron Paul. The net result: a debate that probably did not alter the chessboard, even as it generated a fair amount of sparks.
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Alan Schroeder: A Novelty, Not a Revolution: The Republican Twitter Debate
The Republican Twitter debate had been touted in advance as something revolutionary. Revolutionary is too strong a word for what actually happened--or for any format that allows the candidates to spout their talking points unchallenged. But if not exactly groundbreaking, history's first-ever Twitter presidential debate proved to be a fascinating experiment.
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