The presidential candidates for the 1992 election debated each other in the the second of three scheduled presidential debates. The participants were President George Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot. They answered questions from the audience that regarded their campaigns and their policy preferences, which mostly focused on economic issues. The audience consisted ...of 209 undecided voters from the Richmond, VA area. Show SummaryShow Full Text
The two major party vice presidential candidates and the running mate
of independent presidential candidate Ross Perot participated in the
only scheduled 1992 vice presidential debate. The debate was
moderated by Hal Bruno, and was conducted in a discussion format
where the candidates' responses to questions were followed by
discussion periods where the candidates could directly address one
another. The three men stood at separate podia during the debate,
and afterwards shook hands and greeted members of their families.
The debate featured sharp exchanges between Vice President Quayle and
Senator Gore on the performance of the Bush administration and the
character of Democratic presidential nominee Governor Bill Clinton.
Admiral Stockdale, stating that he felt "like an observer at a
ping-pong game," interjected comments between the major candidates'
remarks on issues including defense policy, the environment, and
taxation.
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The two major party vice presidential candidates and the running mate
of independent presidential candidate Ross Perot participated in the
only scheduled 1992 vice presidential debate. The debate was
moderated by Hal Bruno, and was conducted in a discussion format
where the candidates' responses to questions were followed by
discussion periods where the candidates could directly address one
another. The three men stood at separate podia during the debate,
and afterwards shook hands and greeted members of their families.
The debate featured sharp exchanges between Vice President Quayle and
Senator Gore on the performance of the Bush administration and the
character of Democratic presidential nominee Governor Bill Clinton.
Admiral Stockdale, stating that he felt "like an observer at a
ping-pong game," interjected comments between the major candidates'
remarks on issues including defense policy, the environment, and
taxation.
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The two major party vice presidential candidates and the running mate of independent presidential candidate Ross Perot participated in the only scheduled 1992 vice presidential debate. The debate was moderated by Hal Bruno, and was conducted in a discussion format where the candidates' responses to questions were followed by discussion periods where the candidates could ...directly address one another. The three men stood at separate podia during the debate, and afterwards shook hands and greeted members of their families. The debate featured sharp exchanges between Vice President Quayle and Senator Gore on the performance of the Bush administration and the character of Democratic presidential nominee Governor Bill Clinton. Admiral Stockdale, stating that he felt "like an observer at a ping-pong game," interjected comments between the major candidates' remarks on issues including defense policy, the environment, and taxation.
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The two major party candidates and Ross Perot participated in the first presidential debate. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer and questions were asked by three journalists. The three candidates, standing at separate podia, responded to the questions and rebutted their opponent's statements. Following the debate, they shook hands and mingled with the correspondents, ...their families, and members of the selected audience. The audience applauded a number of times throughout the debate. President Bush began his statement by criticizing Gov. Clinton's participation in demonstrations abroad when he was a student at Oxford 23 years ago. Gov. Clinton responded that this was a "questioning of his patriotism." He compared it to "McCarthyism" and referred to how President Bush's father, Sen. Prescott Bush, opposed McCarthy's tactics. Ross Perot responded that one's actions as a "senior official in the federal government" were more important than one's actions in "formative years." Show SummaryShow Full Text
Vice President George Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis met in the second of the two debates in the 1988 campaign. It was best-remembered for the first question, about the death penalty, asked by moderator Bernard Shaw of CNN. Other panelists were Margaret Warner (Newseek), Andrea Mitchell (NBC) and Ann Compton (ABC).
The debate was held in the Pauley Pavilion of the University of California, Los Angeles. Each candidate was questioned in turn with two minutes to respond and a one-minute rebuttal. The panelists were allowed to ask follow-up questions. Each candidate had two minutes for a closing statement.
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