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	Leaders debate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The unique aspect of the Westminster system which creates the desire to hold leaders debates is that the party leader is usually the party's presumed candidate to lead the government, because by constitutional convention he or she will usually become prime minister or premier if his or her party wins the most seats.
		However, a leaders debate is not technically a candidates debate in the same sense that an American presidential debate would be, because in the latter case the American political parties have explicitly nominated the named individuals as their candidates for president and vice president.
		Leaders debates are often popular with voters, whose decisions might be greatly influenced by the outcome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leaders_debate (588 words)

	Debate Advisory Standards Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Debate Advisory Standards Project, funded through a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and sponsored by the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland, has as its goal the improvement of candidate debates by developing nonpartisan standards for debates and the sponsorship of debates.
		In addition, 611 individual journalists, news directors, editors, civic leaders, debate organizers, media consultants, academics, elected officials and former political candidates were interviewed, in person, by phone and through mail, for this project.
		During the 2002 elections, for example, debates were thought by many observers to have had a major influence in election outcomes in U.S. Senate races in Missouri, Minnesota, Louisiana and Georgia and in guberntorial races in Massachusetts and Florida, to name only a few.
	www.debateproject.com /introduction (597 words)

	CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Analysis and Commentary - Leaders Debate Blog
		Martin's attack comes after Thursday's debate and then the Friday evening debate in which the three other leaders use almost every possible opportunity to remind viewers about the sponsorship scandal, accusing the Liberals of corruption and pointng to the scandal for the increased support for separatism.
		There's more at stake for him tonight than is usual in the English debate, given that he wants to attract the anglophone and allophone vote in Quebec, not just his traditional francophone base, in his quest to top 50 per cent of the popular vote in the province.
		Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Jack Layton, Liberal Leader Paul Martin and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe are preparing to square off for the first of two English-language debates at 8:00 p.m.
	www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/analysiscommentary/debateblog.html (4487 words)

	CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Analysis and Commentary - Leaders Debate Blog
		Martin takes a few sharp verbal jabs at Duceppe and the Bloc leader returns the compliment by mugging for the camera, a gesture that may have amused the television audience but is lost on the agitated Martin.
		The debate is hardly underway before the four party leaders are in hot pursuit of the people who did or did not contribute to Stephen Harper's campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
		In the earlier debates it was Jack Layton leaning heavily on the good name of party stalwart Ed Broadbent whenever he wanted to cloak himself as an honest do-gooder.
	www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/analysiscommentary/debateblog060109.html (5393 words)

	LifeSite Special Report - Analysis of Canadian Federal Leaders English Debate of June 15
		He continued that "at least one of those leaders should have made this clear and not allowed the public to be misled on such a crucial matter".
		The pro-abortion and gay "marriage" activist leaders, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe, NDP leader Jack Layton and Liberal leader Paul Martin, again challenged Conservative leader Stephen Harper on gay "marriage" and abortion.
		It is appearing to some that he and his stable of debate advisors, who the word is are all pro-abortion, may be moving to join the leftist tradition of making abortion and homosexuality the ideological exceptions to all norms.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2004/jun/040617a.html (1159 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Politics: Leaders prepare for debate
		"This is the leaders' opportunity to say what they want to say in the language they want to say, then be forced to defend what they say," Waddell said.
		Topics of debate could include health care, the economy, government accountability and foreign policy, but hot-button issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage may also be raised.
		Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, an experienced debater, has the edge in tonight's contest as the only first-language francophone.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Politics/CanadaVotes/2004/06/14/499224.html (346 words)

	Intelligence of your leaders - America's Debate
		I'd love to have a leader who, without being spoonfed the ideas (then who is really the president?), can come to their own conclusions and debate them intelligently with their advisors.
		I have seen leaders with a high IQ but totally at lost of what to do in a time when action is required.
		Although I definitely prefer a president, or any leader for that matter, be a person of intellect, I’m not sure a man ranked between 4th and 7th by professional historians could be elected in the present environment.
	www.americasdebate.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=7779 (3018 words)

	Transcript: the Great Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The leaders are joined by a panel of political experts, senior journalists from print, radio and television — Malcolm Farr from the Daily Telegraph; from Radio 3AW in Melbourne, Neil Mitchell; Michelle Grattan from the Age; the ABC's chief political correspondent, Jim Middleton; and our moderator tonight is the Nine Network's political editor, Laurie Oakes.
		The ground rules for the debate have been set by the two leaders — equal time and a fair go to get their point across.
		But as the leader of the team I make a full commitment to be there for the long haul and the benefit of the Australian people.
	sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au /sixtyminutes/stories/2004_09_12/story_1227.asp (9325 words)

	Leaders' debate to restart campaigning. 12/09/2004. ABC News Online
		The federal Opposition Leader and the Prime Minister will each spend a quiet day in Sydney today preparing for tonight's televised leaders' debate.
		The pause is both a mark of respect to the victims and their families, and a commemoration of the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
		While the embassy bombing has changed the focus of the election for now, the Labor leader insists he is happy to continue outlining his party's national security credentials.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200409/s1197203.htm (340 words)

	Election 2006
		During the political debates, party leaders are more prone to forgetting their practiced hand movements than at any other time.
		Early in the debate, Paul Martin's gestures made a clear (albeit obviously scripted) display that the Charter of Rights was the single issue he personally considered to be the most important for this election.
		One of the Bloc leader's strengths is that he stands up for what he believes in - Unfortunately Duceppe must not have believed he should be at the English debate, and this showed in his weak gestures.
	www.humanhand.com /election2006.html (4939 words)

	pragmatic radical: Leaders' Debate Fallout
		Although just a blip, this might be an interesting point to consider when thinking about who won the leaders debate...
		The NDP leader talked in general terms about 10 years of broken Liberal promises [...] but he wasn't able to challenge Martin on specifics like Gilles Duceppe was...
		The good news is Martin unquestionably lost the debate in Quebec [but] the bad news is, it was Gilles Duceppe who won, not Jack Layton.
	www.pragmatic.ca /2004/06/leaders-debate-fallout.html (348 words)

	PBS \| About PBS \| Congressional Leaders Will Debate on Live National Broadcast of PBS DEBATE NIGHT
		PBS Debate Night is the only national forum for congressional leaders to present their party's differences on subjects such as education, the federal budget surplus, Social Security and Medicare.
		The local debates, which complement the national debate broadcast, are a key component of the PBS Democracy Project, an initiative that provides distinctive and engaging local and national public affairs coverage to encourage expanded civic discourse.
		This PBS Debate Night is the third biennial presentation of local and national congressional debate programming on PBS stations.
	www.pbs.org /aboutpbs/news/20001002_debatenight.html (485 words)

	RTE News - No knockout blow in leaders' debate
		The Taoiseach and the Fine Gael leader went head-to-head in the party leaders' election debate on RTÉ television last night.
		The televised debate was the first time the two candidates for the job of Taoiseach came face-to-face during this election campaign.
		Morning Ireland: Batt O'Keeffe of Fianna Fáil and Simon Coveney of Fine Gael discuss the leaders' debate from the Cork studio
	www.rte.ie /news/2002/0515/debate.html (354 words)

	Leaders Debate
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		He was one of leaders debate city that, observed Owen, curiously.
		I did I say, Frank--he threw up his large hand as her father would not forego the interest and satisfaction in her fl lace and a dog all through this leaders debate; and the fragments of leaders debate and goddesses which are, Norah, who eyed him as soft--soft physically; yet the sorrow of
	www.nil-admirari.info /81/leaders-debate.html (449 words)

	4 dead in Iraq; leaders debate constitution - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		Negotiations between political leaders on the country’s draft constitution continued as a deadline loomed.
		Insurgent attacks have continued as leaders from the country’s disparate groups have huddled for weeks in an attempt to write a new constitution that is supposed to be complete by Monday.
		Political leaders continued intense negotiations to complete the country’s draft charter, which Iraq’s parliament is scheduled to approve by Monday.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8870403 (608 words)

	Leaders Debate Plan To Legalize Drugs In Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Author: Sandra Dibble LEADERS DEBATE PLAN TO LEGALIZE DRUGS IN MEXICO TIJUANA - A former governor's proposal that drugs be legalized in Mexico has set off a sharp debate in this region plagued by drug-related violence.
		On Saturday, the Citizens Front for Security is expected to begin a 16-day march through the state to bring attention to the region's crime problems.
		One of the march's leaders, Alberto Capella Ibarra, said yesterday that he would back a proposal to decriminalize drugs.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v06/n1402/a04.html (507 words)

	Congressional intelligence leaders debate wiretaps
		Jane Harman of California, senior Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said she did not fully understand the legal underpinnings of the program at the time of the classified briefings and was not free to consult with experts.
		Since the monitoring has become public, she has argued that Bush broke the law by failing to consult all the members of the congressional intelligence panels, instead of just the leaders.
		The two Republicans - Hoekstra and Roberts - said Congress does not need to pass further legislation granting specific authority to conduct the eavesdropping because the president was given that power under a resolution passed four days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks authorizing action against the al-Qaida terror network.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2006/Feb/20060213News019.asp (606 words)

	Women's Equality is an Election Issue!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Women’s political under-representation was mentioned by two of the four leaders, Jack Layton and Paul Martin, but the absence of women’s issue’s in the context of debate is unlikely to convince women that Parliament is a place where women’s issues can be discussed.
		For example, child care is not a gender neutral issue, though all the leaders portray it as such.
		Ottawa: The Coalition for Women's Equality condemns leaders after tonight's debate for avoiding the issues directly affecting women's lives, including women's poverty, violence against women, and critical social supports.
	www.canadaelection.net /LeadersDebate-CWE-PR6.html (528 words)

	Bracks rules out another leaders' debate. 04/11/2006. ABC News Online
		Victorian Premier and Labor Party leader Steve Bracks has defended his decision not to participate in a second leaders' debate before the state election.
		The Liberal Party says the debate was held too early in the campaign.
		"The first debate is simply too early in the campaign to give people a full picture," he said.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200611/s1781251.htm (207 words)

	IBSA business leaders debate ways to deepen relations
		Indian, Brazilian, and South African business leaders have identified key issues that have to be addressed to allow the more rapid development of broader and deeper economic relations between the three countries.
		In addition to business leaders from the three countries, the business forum also received a special presentation from the World Bank on the investment climates in each of the three countries.
		South African business leaders attending the forum included Patrice Motsepe of African Rainbow Minerals, in his capacity as President of Business Unityy South Africa, Max Sisulu of Sasol, and Seth Phalatse, Chairman of Global Eagle.
	www.bilaterals.org /article.php3?id_article=5908 (513 words)

	ICT Leaders Debate
		Moderated by barrister Peter Dengate Thrush, the debate will commence with an hour-long session where the speakers respond to pre-prepared questions covering the wide range of issues relating to ICT and telecommunications policy.
		Online participants will be able to participate in the debate through submitting questions via a web based chat channel.
		We feel that this "proof of concept" of the technologies may lead to a whole new method of engagement in political discussions for special interest groups wishing to engage in detailed debates in specialised areas of policy.
	www.nzcs.org.nz /SITE_Default/ICT_Leaders_Debate.asp (416 words)

	Corporate, Military Leaders Reignite Debate Over Fuel Economy Standards
		"Major corporate leaders understand the impact our oil addiction has on their businesses and shareholders, while military leaders have felt the real costs of that addiction on the front lines.
		An SUV that gets 36 miles per gallon could be produced with the same size, performance and even improved safety compared to today's Ford Explorer, but would save consumers over $4,000 even after paying for the improved technology with gasoline at $2.50 per gallon.
		While the CEOs and military leaders advocate increased drilling of conventional oil, their own numbers show that this would have minimal impact since the U.S. has at most three percent of the world's oil reserves, yet uses 25 percent of the world's oil.
	www.ucsusa.org /news/press_release/corporate-military-leaders.html (354 words)

	CNN - African leaders debate Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict - June 8, 1998
		OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (CNN) -- African leaders of the Organization of African Unity on Monday began a summit dominated by the issue of how to avoid a full-blown war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, whose border dispute erupted into armed conflict last week.
		The summit was debating how to defuse the border conflict, which flared up on May 6 and led to mutual air raid attacks that killed almost 50 people, including 10 children.
		African leaders, including the presidents of South Africa, Djibouti, Uganda and Kenya, called Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki over the weekend to encourage a negotiated settlement.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9806/08/oau/index.html (779 words)

	Leaders debate executive payments - Business - smh.com.au
		The average pay packet for chief executives of Australia's top 50 companies is approaching $4 million a year but Big Business opposes the Government's plan to give shareholders a bigger say on their pay.
		Each company has its own complexities, and the key to this debate is to look at what value is and where it is being created, as distinct from any premium the market might attach, which you cannot control.
		But there are 1200 listed companies, and this might kick in with companies where there are some real governance problems, where more information can play a good role in aligning remuneration packets with the interests of shareholders.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/10/12/1065917274994.html (2467 words)

	Prominent black leaders will debate on affirmative action
		She said a pamphlet would be available at the debate from Americans for a Fair Chance.
		She said the debate would focus on national issues, not issues specific to Penn State.
		She said Roy Brooks, the law professor who was originally scheduled to debate Jones, was replaced because of personal issues that will prevent him from attending.
	www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/2006/02/02-15-06tdc/02-15-06dnews-07.asp (604 words)

	The Televised Leaders Debate Debate \| Green Party of Canada - Parti Vert du Canada
		Adriane Carr, former GPBC Leader and current GPC Deputy Leader, was one of the speakers during the two day Trippi workshop in Ottawa (thanks again for putting this on Jim!) and she talked about her experiences about getting into the provincial leaders' debate.
		I agree with the intention of having Elizabeth at the leader's debate, and disagree with the strategy.
		I share the enthusiasm you have to get the Greens into the debate but, at this point, the discussions with the network executives should be performed by those of similar stature within the Greens.
	blog.greenparty.ca /fr/node/324 (4472 words)

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