Monday, April 21, 2008

Perdue agrees to debate Moore Tuesday night

Give Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue credit for resolving an impasse over the only real debate -- Tuesday night at 8 p.m. -- we're likely to see in the Democratic primary for governor. She's agreed to debate State Treasurer Richard Moore -- who has been pressing her for a long time to take part in a real debate where the candidates can challenge one another and debate ideas in the classic sense of the word.
Moore had agreed to a debate invitation from WRAL TV in Raleigh, which proposed a format without time limits on individual answers and rebuttals. Perdue preferred an alternative proposed by WTVD in Durham, which called for 75-second answers and 60-second rebuttals. That might have covered more topics, while the WRAL format might lend itself to more depth.
It was a stalemate until Tuesday afternoon when Perdue agreed to the WRAL format. That debate will be shown on a number of stations around the state. Their debate -- coming at a time when Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has declined to debate Sen. Hillary Clinton in North Carolina -- should be helpful to North Carolina primary voters torn between two experienced candidates, and looking for reasons to support one over the other.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is Wright going to the same prison as Jim BLack and if so can they put them next to each other so they may play chess or poker. And please Judge provide a mirror.

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