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Commission on Presidential Debates

Oct 2020

CPD member: Trump’s attack on us “is an attack on the election itself”

Ed Morrissey Oct 21, 2020 6:01 PM

Say what?

Say what? Moderator will mute mics in next presidential debate

Ed Morrissey Oct 20, 2020 12:01 PM

“Don’t save him.”

Final debate moderator was caught helping Clinton campaign in 2016

Jazz Shaw Oct 19, 2020 12:31 PM

But why would you want to talk about that?

NBC: Tune in to a Trump town hall – directly opposite ABC’s Biden town hall

Ed Morrissey Oct 14, 2020 2:01 PM

First “independent confirmation” that Trump is not contagious.

Hmm. Another presidential debate moderator has deactivated her Twitter account

Karen Townsend Oct 10, 2020 11:31 AM

Just hours after Steve Scully deactivated his Twitter account.

The second presidential debate has been canceled

John Sexton Oct 09, 2020 8:41 PM

“…the CPD will turn its attention to preparations for the final presidential debate”

Trump: “I’m not going to waste my time with a virtual debate”

Ed Morrissey Oct 08, 2020 10:01 AM

“We’ll pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead.”

Sep 2020

Biden spox: You better believe we’ll show up for the next two debates — but we want new rules

Ed Morrissey Sep 30, 2020 10:01 AM

“Get out of your bunker”?

Presidential debate moderators announced, not the usual choices

Karen Townsend Sep 02, 2020 10:01 PM

CNN shut out.

Oct 2016

Final presidential debate: Winners and losers

John Sexton Oct 20, 2016 12:36 AM

That’s a wrap.

The calls are going out to cancel the third debate

Jazz Shaw Oct 11, 2016 4:31 PM

We should note that zero of these calls are coming from Trump supporters

Here’s why ratings for the “new low in American debates” look to be down 20%

Jazz Shaw Oct 10, 2016 12:01 PM

The ratings weren’t terrible, but they certainly didn’t set any records

The non-cat grabbing, second presidential debate live blog

Jazz Shaw Oct 09, 2016 8:01 PM

The showdown may not have as much to do with “grabbing” as expected

Sep 2016

Head to head: Presidential debate live blog

Ed Morrissey Sep 26, 2016 8:01 PM

Kickoff.

Which Donald Trump will show up tonight?

Jazz Shaw Sep 26, 2016 9:21 AM

The door is open for either of these candidates and it might get wild

Johnson: No, Weld’s not dropping out to endorse Hillary

Ed Morrissey Sep 19, 2016 6:01 PM

“I’m polling higher right now than Ross Perot was when he was invited to do the first debate.”

Prominent liberal loses battle to keep Chris Wallace out of the debates

Jazz Shaw Sep 12, 2016 12:01 PM

Perhaps Media Matters doesn’t have quite as much control over American politics as they think

Aug 2016

Q-poll: 62% want to see Johnson at debates, even though only 10% want to vote for him

Ed Morrissey Aug 26, 2016 10:41 AM

Fair play.

Johnson, Weld: See you at the debates!

Ed Morrissey Aug 17, 2016 8:31 AM

No Labels.

Will the debates settle the election?

Ed Morrissey Aug 15, 2016 6:41 PM

Dark horses.