Inside the presidential debates : their improbable past and promising future / Newton N. Minow and Craig L. LaMay.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Minow, Newton N., 1926-
Other Authors:	LaMay, Craig L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Presidents > United States > Election. Campaign debates > United States. Television in politics > United States. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. United States > Politics and government > 1989-1993
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Varton Gregorian
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.

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