Posted on 09/18/2003 4:17:49 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:08 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Next week is the only scheduled California recall debate that Schwarzenegger has agreed to attend. The debate, sponsored by the California Broadcasters Association, has been criticized for providing candidates with the questions in advance.
At a different debate Wednesday in Los Angeles, Bustamante asked the other participants to boycott the CBA event.
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On second thought, if they do, I hope the CBA holds the debate with THEIR empty chairs and gives the full time to Arnold.
So do I. The rest are acting like children.
Maybe they aren't adult enough to become Governors.
GROW UP !
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Thanks for the information. So who are the real cowards?
....because Arnold only knows the answers when his advisors give them to him!!!!!!!!!
...Mark Powers of the California Broadcasters Association said he wasn't surprised at Bustamante's challenge.BustaCHICKEN ping.
He said the format of the debate allows for long discussions on the pre-released questions, rather than quick sound bites, and claimed that Bustamante and his campaign officials might be nervous."They really don't care for the format," Powers said. "After they saw the questions they were scared to death.
Schwarzenegger, foes to face 12 queries
(Sept. 24th debate questions included)
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 18th, 2003 | Robert Salladay
Posted on 09/18/2003 6:25 AM PDT by Sabertooth
Sacramento -- The major candidates in the California recall will participate Sept. 24 in an unusual candidates' forum that will be hosted by the California Broadcasters Association. If the recall election is not delayed by the federal courts, it is likely to be the only statewide debate featuring Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger side-by-side with other major candidates.
Unlike a traditional debate, all candidates will know in advance which questions they will be asked, "in order to spur public discussion prior to the debate and initiate a dynamic interaction among candidates," said Stan Statham, president of the association.
Statham said that rather than surprising candidates with questions from a panel of reporters -- prompting canned answers in a short period of time -- the new format "features an open-ended, unpredictable conversational exchange between five candidates that will disclose much more than their proposed policies; it will reveal a great deal about their character and personality as well."
Candidates will participate in a moderated discussion and rebuttal session on up to 12 questions. They are:
1. How would you propose enhancing revenue and/or what specific cuts would you propose to achieve a balanced budget?The Broadcasters Association said a special panel of academics, pollsters, journalists, political consultants and elections experts selected the questions for the forum, which will be held at California State University at Sacramento...2. Leaders in the business community are convinced that this state is losing jobs and unable to attract new businesses. If you agree, what are two things you would change to make this a more business-friendly state? If you disagree, what are the misconceptions you would like to correct?
3. How are you going to ensure that all Californians have adequate health care?
4. Everybody talks about wanting a colorblind society, but what does that actually mean to you? In other words, how do we know when we have succeeded?
5. What should be the top priority for California right now?
6. If elected governor, will you support the expansion of charter schools in California?
7. What do you expect to accomplish in the time remaining on Gray Davis' term that he could not?
8. What is the single most important piece of legislation either signed or vetoed during this past legislative session?
9. Do you support reducing the Vehicle License Fee (car tax), and if so, where would you find the revenue to replace the loss to the budget?
10. What services will your administration expect local governments to provide and what stable source of revenue will you give them to do it?
11. Under Govs. Pat Brown and Ronald Reagan, California spent up to 20 percent of its general fund on infrastructure -- such as roads, bridges, colleges, hospitals and water systems. Now we spend closer to 1 percent. Proposition 53 on the ballot raises that figure to 3 percent. What are your positions on Prop. 53, and what will you do to invest more in California's aging infrastructure?
12. As our population continues to age, the demand for government services to seniors will increase dramatically during the next decade. What do you intend to do to proactively manage this demand?
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