An insightful compilation of debate tips from Paul Begala.
From the article:
10. Debates are more often lost than won. When Gerald Ford told Jimmy Carter that Eastern Europe was not under Soviet domination in 1976, it might have cost him the election.
This is one reason the VP debate tomorrow evening is shaping up to be so interesting. Neither of these two candidates has proven skillful at navigating themselves through questioning without the (occasional) gaffe. We’ve seen it with Biden for years, and have now witnessed it in great detail with Palin over the last two weeks.
Of course there is much more to “winning” (however defined) than simply not making a mistake; but with these two candidates, the potential for a devastating error appears higher than usual.
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