Posted on 09/08/2006 6:38:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
It looks like the one and only debate between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Phil Angelides is now set for Saturday, October 7.
This afternoon, the governor's campaign accepted the invitation to debate Angelides in an event to be televised by the California Broadcasters Association from the campus of CSU Sacramento. The moderator will be CBA President Stan Statham, who says the one hour debate will be carried live by as many as 50 television and radio stations across the state.
He says the format will be "extremely similar" to the CBA debate during the 2003 recall campaign... but with one big change: the candidates will not be getting the questions in advance. That element drew a lot of criticism the last time around. "We will change that," Statham said this afternoon.
And it's likely this will be the only debate before the election. Though Angelides has accepted this and several other debate invitations by news organizations, Schwarzenegger's campaign team has said many times that sitting governors "traditionally" only agree to one debate. And expect a lot of hype; as you may remember, Schwarzenegger only participated in one debate in 2003, as well... calling it the "Super Bowl" of all debates.
What on earth are they going to debate? They agree on everything important.
Oh, this should be good.
Angelides should show up in a dress , wig and heavy make-up and ask if the Gub thinks he's hot.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
Don't bet that Calfo might not try to make that apparent in a fashion that further divides the Republican base.
The governor complains about my suggestions to expand funding for important programs, yet he has quietly increased taxation or protected taxing mechanism to increase state revenues while proclaiming he is "holding the line on taxes".
Both the governor and I know that California is going to have to increase it revenue base to meet its commitments to its citizens and its employees. The difference is that I'd like the debate to be public, to allow all Californians to express their opinions, rather than the back room deals between the governor and legislative leaders that have been the hallmark of his administration.
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