Candy Crowley
Summary
Candy Alt Crowley (born December 26, 1948) is a CNN anchor and Chief Political Correspondent, specializing in U.S. presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate elections. She is based in CNN's Washington bureau, and hosted Inside Politics in place of Judy Woodruff before the show was replaced with The Situation Room. Crowley has covered elections for over two decades. On January 31, 2010, it was announced that Crowley would replace John King as the anchor of the Sunday-morning political talk show State of the Union, which she began hosting in February.Crowley was born in Michigan. She attended Principia College in Illinois and received her undergraduate degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, majoring in English.
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Third Debate Verdict: Bob Schieffer Is No Candy Crowley
Six days after CNN’s Candy Crowley showed the world that a moderator could be more than just a notecard-reader and time-keeper, CBS’s Bob Schieffer elected to zag, turning in a somnolent performance.
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Study: Crowley, Raddatz interrupted GOP candidates more often during debates
Tonight, President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney will meet for their third and final debate before the Nov. 6 election. Voters will assess their performance while journalists will also assess how Bob Schieffer moderates their conversation. If… Read more.
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In Debate, Crowley Found Herself Part of the Fray
Candy Crowley, who moderated Tuesday night's presidential debate, had to try to guide two candidates who seemed bent on trampling the rules.
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Media Decoder Blog: In Debate, Crowley Found Herself Part of the Fray
Candy Crowley, who moderated Tuesday night's presidential debate, had to try to guide two candidates who seemed bent on trampling over the rules.
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Candy Crowley Explains Controversial Debate Performance: ‘I Had A Flashback To When My Kids Were Young’
If you thought CNN’s Candy Crowley seemed at times during the 90 minutes of the second presidential debate like a harried mother trying to keep her kids in the backseat from pulling each other’s hair out, you’re not wrong.
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Crowley on live fact-checking at debate: ‘I wasn’t trying to get them to clap’
CNN | Mediaite | Reuters | Associated Press | Forbes Candy Crowley told Soledad O’Brien about the two moments when Tuesday’s debate audience clapped: In both instances, after Crowley attempted some live fact-checking. From CNN’s transcript:.
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Teen who petitioned for female debate moderator: ‘No one — man or woman — could have done it better’
I don’t like to be told there’s something I can’t do. To be specific, I don’t like to be told there’s something I can’t do because I’m a girl.
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The Real Winners Of The Second Debate: Candy Crowley, CNN And Voters
Moderating a presidential debate is like refereeing a football game: If people are talking about your performance, it’s probably not to praise it.
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Whose interests does the presidential debates commission serve?
On Monday, Mark Halperin published a memorandum of understanding between the Obama and Romney campaigns on how the debates would be conducted. Both campaigns had expressed concern that Candy Crowley, who will moderate tonight’s town-hall-style debate, might ask.
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Media Decoder Blog: Breakfast Meeting: The Power of TV Debates
Also, a guide to how the campaigns will try to shape perceptions after Tuesday's debate, and concern about the moderator, Candy Crowley of CNN.
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