Between the president ial candidates and one between the vicepresident ial candidates. All are being arranged by the league of Women Voters Education Fund. Tonights debate, the first between president ial candidates in sixteen years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before an audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The Television Audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss of a coin. He will have up to three minutes to answer. Answer. One followup question will be permitted with up to two minutes to reply. President ford will then have two
Both bush and obama to some extent were prisoners of the situation. Onouncer this sunday night q a, Robert Samuelson talks about his columns on business u. S. Conomic issues and the Economic Performance under president obama. Policies that essentially were aimed at buttressing his reputation and legacy and it seemed to me, undermined general confidence. Onouncer sunday night cspans q a. 1976 debate between gerald ford and jimmy carter. Then, jimmy carter and Ronald Reagan in 1980. After that, the debate when al gore in george w. Bush. President gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter debated in philadelphia. It was the first president ial sittingeaturing eight president. Debate, tvend of the interviewers interviewed during an audio loss. This is to hours. Edwin newman, moderator good evening. Im edwin newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. Ford of michigan, republican candidate for president , and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic c
University in new york, beginning at 7 30 eastern with a preview of the debate. And, the predebate briefing for the audience. At 9 00 p. M. , live coverage of the debate, with reactions. The 2016 president of debate on cspan. Watch anytime ondemand at www. Cspan. Org, or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Ford76, president gerald and former georgia governor jimmy carter debated in philadelphia. It was the first president ial debate in 16 years, and the first televised residential debate featuring a sitting president. There was an audio loss toward the end of the debate, with nbc News Reporters interviewing officials from each campaign while the problem was fixed. This is two hours. Moderator good evening, i am edwin new win moderator of this , first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. Ford of michigan, republican candidate for president , and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. We thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter, for
Between president Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. Herb is an author on for president tossed at Chapman University and now at franklin and Marshall College in pennsylvania. He authored a book called the contender and is currently working on a book called the Nixon Kennedy election. The most recent is the subject of the talk called the president and the apprentice eisenhower and nixon from 1952 to 1961. Its a monument of research by the endnotes and bibliography alone are 300 pages. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, before i start one of the things i would like to do is reintroduce through without her kindness and her generosity to my wife and myself, this book would never be written. She is as good as it gets and if you read the dedication that she has, this is her book and it is her book with my thanks and i appreciate it. In addition to that, what i appreciate is that beyond thankful for some of the people that i know are here and i havent seen in years. Could you d
So they were searching for anything that they could use to somehow debilitate the 1952 campaign, and debilitating the 52 campaign was really simple. If Richard Nixon has a secret fund and is using it to live beyond his standard of living, get rid of him. Have him fired. And the demand that he be fired again, i hope this is not shocking to you was the chairman of the dnc. Now, white not . If why not . If i were the chairman of the dnc and i had something that i thought was wonderful to work over my opponent, i would use it. And he certainly did. He called for Richard Nixon to be fired. Of course, there was a couple of problems. First problem, there was nothing that said anybody could get rid of the Vice President of the united states. Two, there was nothing that said that Dwight Eisenhower could get rid of Richard Nixon. And, like so many other problems when you have a ticket, if you did get rid of Richard Nixon as Vice President , then you would have to start all over again, find anoth