by Jim Heath | Jul 27, 2020 | 2020, Debates, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
The first presidential debate has been moved to Cleveland amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced. The Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit that has conducted the general election debates for decades, announced on Monday that...
by Jim Heath | Jun 18, 2020 | 2020, Debates, Fox News, Headlines, Joe Biden, Polls, Trump
Top aides to President Trump tried today to negotiate with the commission overseeing presidential debates to increase the number of times that Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden face off in the fall. The Trump camp pushed for four debates, one more than is...
by Jim Heath | Mar 15, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Debates, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Former Vice President Joe Biden said for the first time, during a debate with his rival Bernie Sanders, that he would choose a woman to be his running mate. “I commit that I will, in fact, appoint a woman to be vice president,” Biden said. “There are a number of women...
by Jim Heath | Feb 25, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg, Debates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
The Democratic presidential candidates delivered a barrage of criticism against their party’s emerging front-runner, Senator Bernie Sanders, at a debate tonight, casting him as a divisive figure with unrealistic ideas, even as they continued to batter Michael...
by Jim Heath | Feb 20, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg, Debates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
The ninth debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary — and the first featuring former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg — delivered record viewership for a Democratic debate. Nearly 20 million people watched the debate on NBC and MSNBC Wednesday night. The 19.66...
by Jim Heath | Feb 19, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg, Debates, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
From the opening bell, Democrats unleashed an aggressive verbal assault on New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised new questions about Bernie Sanders’ take-no-prisoners politics in a contentious debate tonight on the Las Vegas strip. The former New York City...