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	Executive Summary of the Task Force on Presidential Debates
		Although the Commission on Presidential Debates announced a debate proposal well before the national party conventions, its efforts failed to discourage the candidates from engaging in the kinds of political posturing and lengthy debate about debates that had marred the planning of these events in the past.
		We believed that this goal would only be achieved by strengthening the Commission on Presidential Debates as an institution, by further improving the formats used in the debates, and by enhancing the quality of media coverage and public discussion accompanying the debates.
		At least one of the presidential debates should be held in early September to help stimulate public interest in the race and begin the process of focusing voters' attention on the choice they will face in November.
	www.tcf.org /Publications/ElectionReform/PresidentialDebates.htm (2070 words)

	Commission on Presidential Debates - SourceWatch
		They claim the CPD is little more than a front for the two dominant parties that allows them to maintain control over debate participants, formats, and moderators.
		The commission describes itself as nonpartisan, but it is actually bipartisan: its co-chairmen are Frank Fahrenkopf and Paul Kirk, former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively.
		In 2000, ReclaimDemocracy.org initiated calls to cease lobbying the CPD to "open the debates" and, instead, build a new entity called the Citizens' Debate Commission to replace the CPD with a truly nonpartisan organization that would serve democracy, not merely the two dominant parties.
	disinfopedia.org /wiki.phtml?title=Commission_on_Presidential_Debates (766 words)

	Citizens Debate (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Citizens' Debate Commission consists of national civic leaders from the left, center and right of the political spectrum who are committed to maximizing voter education.
		The nonpartisan Citizens' Debate Commission was formed because the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has sponsored general election presidential debates during the past four election cycles, fails to adequately serve voters' interests.
		The Commission on Presidential Debates, which was created by the Republican and Democratic parties, secretly awards control of the presidential debates to the Republican and Democratic candidates, thereby limiting voter choice and restricting subject matters of political discourse.
	www.citizensdebate.org.cob-web.org:8888 (245 words)

	04.16.02: Debate Commission Settles, Apologizes to Nader
		On the night of the first debate, Nader had a valid ticket to an auxiliary viewing room and an interview with Fox News, but he was met at the university campus by the CPD's security consultant and state police and forced to leave the event under threat of arrest.
		The Commission on Presidential Debates was formed in 1987 to replace the non-partisan League of Women Voters, which included independent candidate John Anderson in the first 1980 presidential debate and prohibited the major party candidates from selecting the debate panelists in 1984.
		Though I have been excluded from participating in the debates by the arbitrary and unfair standards set by your private, bi-partisan company, I was given a transferable ticket by a university student to observe the debates in a separate auditorium reserved apart from the corporate-sponsored audience in attendance for the two-party show.
	www.gp.org /press/pr_04_16_02.html (1207 words)

	The Nader Page \| In the Public Interest
		The Commission laid down three criteria for determining which candidates are invited onto the debates that are sure to be nationally televised on several networks.
		Fahrenkopf declared themselves satisfied that their "non-partisan" Commission has established an approach which "is both clear and predictable." Unfortunately, it is too clear and predictable for smaller party Presidential candidates who will be excluded from the debates leaving only the two major party candidates having the field to themselves.
		When the Commission was asked at the news conference "why fifteen percent?," the reply was that was their fairest judgment in order to keep the debates manageable.
	www.nader.org /interest/11100.html (723 words)

	Institutionalizing Presidential Debates
		Presidential Debates Commission cochair Paul G. Kirk, Jr., said that the voters "learned a lot" from the candidates' posturing in 1992.
		Initially the Commission was unsure about whether, on such short notice, it would be able to orchestrate one of the planned debates, a town hall format with citizen questioners.
		The debate format that turned out to be the most popular was the town hall meeting, which was not in the Commission's proposal.
	www.annenberg.northwestern.edu /pubs/debate/debate03.htm (2193 words)

	Commission on Presidential Debates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is a United States organization was created by the Democratic and Republican parties in 1987 to moderate the nationally televised U.S. presidential election debates.
		The Commission publishes the criteria required for a candidate to qualify for the presidential debate, and assists in the negotiations of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the candidates that participate in the debate.
		The Commission is responsible for the selection of the sites where the debates are located, and in the period between presidential campaign years produces educational material and provides technical assistance to students and foreign countries interested in the debate process.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates (299 words)

	NOW with David Brancaccio. Politics & Economy. Election 2004. The Debates \| PBS
		Presidential debates can change the course of elections, but George Farah, executive director of Open Debates, has evidence showing that the debates' rules of order have been hijacked by the two main political parties.
		Open Debates is promoting an alternative Presidential debate sponsor — the nonpartisan Citizens' Debate Commission — comprised of national civic leaders committed to maximizing voter education.
		Instead of engaging in nonpartisan voter education, the CPD executes the joint demands of the Republican and Democratic nominees concerning the presidential debates, and shields the Republican and Democratic nominees from public accountability," said Open Debates Director Farah.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/debates.html (770 words)

	Debates
		The televised presidential debates are the mega-events of the fall campaign; stakes are high as the candidates face each other, across a single stage, within a month of the election, before a television audience of tens of millions of people.
		The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a non-profit organization established in 1987, organized the 1988, 1992 and 1996 debates.
		Every four years there is a ritual debate over debates For several weeks the two major campaigns jockey back and forth haggling over details big and small--everything from the number and format of the debates to the podium height and shape and who is or is not acceptable as a moderator.
	www.gwu.edu /~action/chrndebs.html (2939 words)

	The Compromised Commission On Presidential Debates: A Brief History
		The three presidential debates are watched by record-breaking TV audiences, averaging 90 million viewers, with the audience growing for each successive debate.
		The CPD announces that it will exclude candidates from presidential debates unless they have 15 percent support in national polls on the eve of the debates (CPD news release, 1/6/00).
		Such a threshold would have barred Perot from the 1992 debates (he finished with 19 percent of the vote), and would have excluded Reform candidate Jesse Ventura from the 1998 gubernatorial debates in Minnesota (at 10 percent in polls before the debates, he won the election with 37 percent).
	www.commondreams.org /views/090100-101.htm (843 words)

	Open Debates \| Overview
		Before the CPD's formation, the League of Women Voters faithfully served as a genuinely nonpartisan presidential debate sponsor from 1976 until 1984, courageously ensuring the inclusion of popular independent candidates and prohibiting major party campaigns from manipulating debate formats.
		The CPD, posing as an independent sponsor, implements the dictates of the contracts, shielding the major party candidates from public criticism and lawsuits.
		As a result of their agreement, Perot was excluded, follow-up questions were prohibited, one debate was canceled, and the remaining two debates were deliberately scheduled opposite the World Series, producing the smallest audience in presidential debate history.
	www.opendebates.org /theissue/overview.html (974 words)

	Capital Eye v6#5 [9/99]: Debating the Debates
		By Ross Perot’s exclusion from the 1996 presidential debates led to years of largely fruitless courtroom battles challenging the fairness of the process.
		Unlike the FEC, the Commission on Presidential Debates is not a government agency.
		The commission says it solicits the views of news editors, political scientists, and other close observers of presidential politics in evaluating the viability of candidates.
	www.opensecrets.org /newsletter/ce65/05debates.htm (777 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Transcript. Rigging the Debates \| PBS
		FARAH: The Commission on Presidential Debates, although it claims to be a nonpartisan organization, was created by the Republican and Democratic parties for the Republican and Democratic parties.
		And when you have a debate like you see in 2000 with a moderator posing very simple questions and with the candidates agreeing on those questions and actually not being able to address each other, you end up with 37 percent of the answers and the candidates agreeing with each other.
		And when I asked Frank Farenkopf, co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, whether he thought it was okay for beer and tobacco companies to be hosting and sponsoring these presidential debates, he said, "Boy, you are talking to the wrong guy.
	www.pbs.org /now/transcript/transcript_debate.html (3833 words)

	Commission on Presidential Debates' Proposal Insufficient, Says Open Debates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Masquerading as a nonpartisan organization, the CPD merely implements the directives of the contracts, and shields the major party candidates from public criticism.
		As a result, the presidential debates have been reduced to glorified bipartisan news conferences, in which the Republican and Democratic candidates merely recite prepackaged sound bites and avoid discussing many important issues.
		A genuinely nonpartisan Citizens' Debate Commission was formed in January to host future presidential debates because the bipartisan CPD fails to adequately serve voters' interests.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=32076 (417 words)

	CNN.com - Commission clarifies poll requirements for presidential debates - June 21, 2000
		The three presidential debates will be held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston on October 3; Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 11; and Washington University in St. Louis on October 17.
		Citing historical precedence, Fahrenkopf and Paul Kirk, the commission co-chair, said Wednesday that the rule was fair and rejected the argument that a candidate needed to be in the debate to have any chance in the election.
		The commission said Wednesday that at least one debate would be structured as a town hall meeting with questions coming from ordinary citizens.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/21/pres.debates (1054 words)

	What is the Commission on Presidential Debates?
		The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) organizes, sponsors, oversees and produces Presidential and Vice Presidential debates during the national election cycle.
		Other concerns of the Commission on Presidential Debates are finding appropriate locations to host the debates, appointing moderators who will ask questions reflecting the nation's concerns, and partnering with community organizations to sponsor the event.
		Also, the Commission on Presidential Debates's criteria for a "realistic" candidate eliminates strong third party candidates from participating in the debate, even when they have garnered more than 15% of popular support.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-the-commission-on-presidential-debates.htm (430 words)

	Debate This! - No More Closed Presidential Debates!
		Background: From 1976 through 1984 the televised presidential debates were organized by the non-partisan League of Women Voters until the Republican and Democratic parties decided to control the debates themselves.
		In 1987 the bi-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was formed — a private entity run by former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties.
		In 2004, a wide range of civic groups formed the Citizens' Debate Commission to return control of the debates to an independent, nonpartisan body that serves the public, not private interest.
	www.debatethis.org (642 words)

	Commission on Presidential Debates' Exclusion of Vital Issues
		Below are cumulative mentions of specific words or phrases by either George W. Bush or Al Gore during the three events staged by the Commission on Presidential Debates events in 2000.
		The nationally televised presidential debates should address a broad range of national issues that most concern citizens--especially issues that the major party candidates typically ignore when left to their own devices.
		But under the control of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), many of the greatest concerns of the American public are excluded from discussion entirely.
	reclaimdemocracy.org /political_reform/debates_exclusion_issues.html (408 words)

	United States presidential election debates, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to the CPD's website, the criteria for selecting candidates to participate in its 2004 presidential debates are based on evidence of eligibility (as defined in Article Two of the United States Constitution), evidence of ballot access, and evidence of electoral support based on national public opinion polls.
		The debate was held in the Convocation Center of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
		During the debate John Kerry accused Bush of having failed to gain international support for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, saying the only countries assisting the USA during the invasion were the United Kingdom and Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._presidential_election_debates,_2004 (5382 words)

	Washington University Presidential Debate 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the end, perhaps the most memorable line from the Oct. 8 presidential debate wasn't even uttered by a candidate.
		Washington University was chosen to host a debate for the fourth straight presidential campaign, with three of those showdowns coming to fruition.
		And this most recent debate — the second of three in the 2004 campaign — was a good indicator of why the University is consistently chosen.
	debate.wustl.edu.cob-web.org:8888 (216 words)

	Commission On Presidential Debates: The Illusion Of Legitimacy
		The Daily Camera editorial "Stand up and Debate" (Sept. 7) accurately described the Commission on Presidential Debates as "a creature of the two major parties" and noted its anti-democratic exclusion of candidates from outside of its owners' parties.
		New commission requirements mandate that a candidate possess the expected votes of 15 percent of the public to share a stage with the two dominant parties' candidates — three times the 5 percent threshold parties must meet to receive public election funds.
		Perot's critique of corporate "free trade" pacts was a vital addition to the cozy bipartisan support, yet the commission excluded him from debates in 1996, labeling him "unelectable." Of course, the power to obscure a candidate makes any such label self-fulfilling; Perot received less than half the votes he did in '92.
	www.commondreams.org /views/100100-103.htm (1096 words)

	Commission on Presidential Debates: Debate will be held at Wake Forest University
		The Commission on Presidential Debates notified Wake Forest University September 14 that an agreement had been reached between the Commission and representatives from the campaigns of Al Gore and George W. Bush that will bring a presidential debate to Wake Forest.
		Before the commission finalized the debate schedule with candidates, Wake Forest's Student Government Association organized a postcard drive where students wrote personalized messages to the candidates, either thanking them for agreeing to participate or encouraging them to come to Wake Forest.
		For many faculty members, the debate has provided an opportunity to develop classes and public events that tie in with the 2000 presidential campaign and the debate.
	www.wfu.edu /www-data/wfunews/2000/091400c.htm (312 words)

	CNN.com - Nader upset over likely exclusion from debates - Jun 17, 2004
		The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that it is planning three presidential debates in late September and October, along with one vice-presidential debate.
		The commission is requiring participants to be qualified for the November ballot in states that have, collectively, at least 270 electoral votes -- the number needed to win the presidency.
		The non-profit, independent debate commission was created in 1987 to sponsor presidential debates every four years, including setting the criteria for participation.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/17/nader.debates (590 words)

	Statement by Commission on Presidential Debates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The CPD is committed to sponsor and produce debates that educate the largest number of Americans possible.
		The CPD’s schedule was specifically developed to minimize conflict with other scheduled television programs which would have reduced the size of the national audience (such as the Olympics, baseball playoffs and World Series), and to minimize competition between networks.
		The CPD has always held its debates in communities, particularly college campuses, in order to involve thousands of young people in these historic events.
	www.cs.umb.edu /~rwhealan/jfk/archive/debates_cpdpr.html (264 words)

	Commission of Fake Presidential Debates \| End the War on Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 because the League of Women Voters refused to continue to host fake debates.
		The CPD was formed to ensure that fake debates, as a permanent part of every general election, would continue to bilk and defraud the American people and provide lies and propaganda to viewers and listeners.
		Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the Republican and Democrat presidential and vice presidential candidates and to ensure that no other political parties are allowed to participate in the so-called debates.
	billstclair.com /blog/041011.html (770 words)

	NPR : Connie Rice: Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates
		Some citizen groups complain that the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) isn't as non-partisan as it should be, and that Kerry and Bush won't be pressed on urban issues.
		The CPD is under the total control of the Republican and Democratic parties and by definition bipartisan, not non-partisan.
		The CPD is run by Frank Fahrenkopf, a pharmaceutical industry lobbyist, and Paul Kirk, a top gambling lobbyist," Rice says.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4052162 (959 words)

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