Inside the presidential debates : their improbable past and promising future /
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| Author / Creator: | Minow, Newton N., 1926- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
| Description: | xvii, 219 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dustjacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6820171 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. How Adlai Stevenson Put John F. Kennedy in the White House
- 2. Presidential Debates and "Equal Opportunity"
- 3. "If You're Thirty-two Points Behind, What Else Are You Going to Do?"
- 4. The Commission on Presidential Debates and Its Critics
- 5. The Dilemma: Who Debates?
- 6. How to Improve the Presidential Debates
- Appendixes
- A. Memorandum of Understanding between the Bush and Kerry Campaigns, 2004
- B. Negotiated Agreements between the League of Women Voters and the Ford and Carter Campaigns, 1976
- C. Section 312 of the Communications Act: "Reasonable Access" for Candidates for Federal Office
- D. Challenges to the CPD under Federal Election and Tax Law
- E. Broadcast Debates and the First Amendment
- F. The Televised Presidential Debates, 1960-2004
- Notes
- Index
