http://www.progressive.org/taxonomy/term/381/0 en http://www.progressive.org/news/2008/09/125017/debate-post-game <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <ul class="field-items"> <li class="field-item even"> <a href="/elizabethdinovella" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Elizabeth DiNovella</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="section field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd" property="content:encoded"><p>My friends called me about making plans to watch the presidential debate with all the enthusiasm we normally save for deciding where to watch the Packers game.</p> <p>Moderator Jim Lehrer added to the football mentality when he laid the ground rules: there was a coin toss to decide who would speak first (Obama won the toss). But the crowd would not be a factor, as Lehrer declared no crowd noise would be allowed.</p> <p>But the pre-game excitement was soon replaced by ennui. It was a lackluster debate.</p></div></div></div> Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:13:54 +0000 The Progressive 125017 at http://www.progressive.org