Mon, Oct 06, 2008

2004 Presidential debates

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.30.2004
Commission on Presidential Debates: Official Web site

October 13, 2004: Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ


October 08, 2004: Washington University - St. Louis, MO


October 05, 2004: Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
Vice presidential debates


September 30, 2004: University of Miami - Miami, FL



Debate rules

Time
Each debate will be 90 minutes long. Candidates will have two minutes to answer a question, and their opponent will have one and a half minutes to respond. The moderator may then extend the discussion for a maximum of 60 seconds, with each candidate allowed to speak for up to 30 seconds. Each candidate gets to make a two-minute closing statement.

Questions
The moderator will ask the questions in all but the town hall presidential debate on Oct 8. At that debate, the questions will come from an audience of ''soft'' Bush and ''soft'' Kerry supporters chosen by the Gallup organization. They will submit questions in advance, which will only be seen by the moderator. The moderator will choose the questions, which will be asked by the audience member who submitted it.