And that is like my favorite thing about a campaign, whether i was on a Campaign Staff or a candidate. So im really excited to talk about this today. Im going to give you a little bit of history here, so president ial and Vice President ial, general election debates have become really the highlight of the Campaign Season and something we just expect to happen. That has not always been the case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Give you a hint . No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of time people think, you hear the famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illinois. And so quite an odd situation, they ran against each othe
Case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Ill give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of times people think its the famous Lincoln Douglass debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illinois. And so quite an odd situation, they ran against each other for u. S. Senate. Douglas was elected by the legislature at that time, the legislatures appointed the senators and two years later on are on major party tickets. But their debates were published and circulated a lot in 1816. The issues have not really changed a whole lot. The real first president ial debate was between john kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. And now at this point Richard
Nixon and john f. Kennedy. [ cheers ] all through september and october and the first week of november the candidates carry their message to the people. [ cheers and applause ] it started with the dom inparty nominating senator john f. Kennedy for president of the United States and for Vice President senator lyndon b. Johnson. The party united behind its candidates. Richard m. Nixon was the choice of the Republican Party. He had served as Vice President of the United States since 1953. Now he was a candidate for the presidency. His Vice President ial running mate ambassador hentry cabot. As the campaign gets under way the president candidates meet face to fais on Television Debates seen by millions of people. The same people who will decide which of these two men shall lead the country for the next four years. But personal contact with the people is still an essential feature of an american president ial campaign. Senator kennedy, a tireless campaigner goes to all sections of the count
Blastoff. China launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon. Aiming to bring back rocks from the lunar surface must not have, although he continues on tuesday, captain has been left out of the cattle, get ready to face at camp we start this news. I have us where president elect joe biden. After weeks of delay and uncertainty is formally beginning, his transition to the white house, the head of the General Services administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this months president ial election that clears the way for the transition to get underway. Donald trump has refused to concede defeat, or the rawest his administration to start the process, but hes promised to keep up the legal fight, insisting without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt bidens team has welcomed the move, which frees up millions of dollars for his new administration, it can now work with federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strategy. Now, serious par
Were going to start today by talking about candidate debates, and that is like my favorite thing about a campaign, whether i was on a Campaign Staff or a candidate. So im really excited to talk about this today. Im going to give you a little bit of history here, so president ial and Vice President ial, general election debates have become really the highlight of the Campaign Season and something we just expect to happen. That has not always been the case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Give you a hint . No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of time people think, you hear the famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illin