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-How the Presidential Debates Devolved, 23 October 2008, Cape Cod Times

-Coalition Says Debate Commission Needs Repair, 17 October 2008, Houston Chronicle

-The Presidential Debates Are A Scam, 15 October 2008, AlterNet

-In Staging Events, Debate Commission Gets Help From Corporate America, 14 October 2008, New York Times

-Why Only Two Presidential Candidates?, 14 October 2008, The Hawaii Reporter

-Debates Could Be A Whole Lot Better, 13 October 2008, The Denver Post

-No Debate About It: These Face-Offs Are Snoozers, 13 October 2008, Politico

-Presidential Debates Need New Rules, 12 October 2008, Grand Forks Herald

-Open Debates Up to Third Parties, 9 October 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer

-The Worst Debate Ever, 9 October 2008, Politico

-Paging Rick Warren, 8 October 2008, Weekly Standard

-A Timeless Debate Format? Or A Dated One?, 8 October 2008, Washington Post

-Debate A Sham, No Argument, 8 October 2008, Eureka Street

-Obama, McCain Deal Puts Limits On Tuesday "Town Hall" Debate, 6 October 2008, Chicago Sun-Times

-Presidential Debate Week, 29 September 2008, Huffington Post

-Corporate Cash Behind '08 Debates, 26 September 2008, Washington Times

-Tech Leaders, Bloggers Call for Truly Open Debates, 26 September 2008, PC Magazine

-The Commission on Presidential Debates Excludes Nader and Third Parties, 26 September 2008, Charleston City Paper

-Open the Debates to Third Party Candidates Like Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney and Me, 22 September 2008, U.S. News & World Report

-Campaigns Blow Off Voters in Final Stretch of Debates, 18 September 2008, Wired

-Two-Party Debates: A Corporate-Funded, Party-Created Commission Decides Who Debates — and Who Stays Home, 18 September 2008, Center for Public Integrity

-Nader Argues for Spot in Debates, 5 September 2008, Associated Press

-Sarah Palin Debated Her Minor Party Opponents in 2006, 1 September 2008, Ballot Access News

-Barr Trying to Get Into Debates, 19 August 2008, Boston Globe

-Open the Debates Or Offer an Alternative, 13 August 2008, Op-Ed News

-Fall Debates Likely to Mute Citizen Voices, 11 August 2008, Taking Note

-Obama Backs Away from McCain's Debate Challenge, 2 August 2008, Associated Press

-Presidential Debate Outrage!, August 2008, Los Angeles Times

-Barr Set to Make Debate, 13 July 2008, Campaigns & Elections

-NBC to Exclude Kucinich from Nevada Presidential Debate, 11 January 2008, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

-Panel Picks 4 Debate Sites, Angering Excluded New Orleans, 20 November 2007, New York Times

-New Orleans Rejected for Presidential Debate, 19 November 2007, The Times-Picayune

-For Debates, Is Youtube A Better Way?, 24 July 2007, US News & World Report

-America's Idiotic Political Debates, 4 May 2007, The Nation

-The Next Conservatism And The Role Of Third Parties, 18 January 2006, Paul Weyrich

-'West Wing' Debate Throws Out the Rules, 7 November 2005, Associated Press

-Gingrich Calls For Presidential Debates Changes, 8 October 2005, The Telegraph

-The Script Shouldn't Win, 13 June 2005, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

-Format Wrecks Gammage "Debate", 16 October 2004, Arizona Republic

-Debate, Declaim, Debacle, 16 October 2004, New York Times

-Corruption And Coercion At A Debate Near You, 16 October 2004, The Ester Republic

-Open Up Debates, Let Real Democracy Flower, 14 October 2004, The Register-Guard

-Eliminating The Debate From The Debates, 14 October 2004, CommonDreams.org

-Anheuser World Selects Lager, 13 October 2004, Riverfront Times

-Green Arrested At Debate, 12 October 2004, Eureka Times-Standard

-Debates Can Be Better And The Basis For Real Improvements, 10 October 2004, San Antonio Express-News

-Resolved: That Was No Debate, 8 October 2004, Los Angeles Times

-Not Quite Real Debates, 8 October 2004, Madison Capital Times

-Worth Debating?, 7 October 2004, ABC News

-Rules of Engagement, 5 October 2004, The Times-Picayune

-Town Hall Rules Stifle Surprises, 5 October 2004, The Journal News

-Republicrat vs. Democan, 3 October 2004, BusinessWeek

-The Art Of Debate, 3 October 2004, San Antonio Express-News

-Debates Hobbled By Flawed Format, 3 October 2004, The Herald-Sun

-Debatable Debates, 1 October 2004, 20/20

-Breaking The Rules, 1 October 2004, American Prospect Online

-Candidates See Red Over Rules, 1 October 2004, Boston Herald

-Presidential Debates Can Be Invaluable, 1 October 2004, The Daily Democrat

-Open Up The Debates, 30 September 2004, The Washington Post

-Candidates' Appearance Tonight Far From "Debate", 30 September 2004, St. Paul Pioneer Press

-A Slip Of The Lip Could Make This Thing Interesting, 30 September 2004, Chicago Sun-Times

-Closed To Debate, 30 September 2004, The Ledger

-No Way To Run A Presidential Debate, 30 September 2004, The Virginian-Pilot

-Candidates Firmly in Control of Debate Details, 30 September 2004, The Macon Telegraph

-Two-Party "Debates" Are "Glorified Press Conferences," Reformers Say, 30 September 2004, The NewStandard

-Candidates Will Follow The Script -- Their Own, 30 September 2004, The Providence Journal

-Is It Time To Return To The Rough And Tumble Debates Of Old?, 30 September 2004, San Antonio Express-News

-Replace Bi-Partisan Shows With Real Debates, 30 September 2004, Pacific News Service

-What Debates?, 30 September 2004, Cleburne News

-Critics Assail Rule Book For Presidential Debates, 29 September 2004, Knoxville News Sentinel

-Top Ten Debate Scandals, 29 September 2004, Tavis Smiley Show

-Format's Debatable; Whether To Watch Isn't, 29 September 2004, Albuquerque Journal

-Let's Make Debates A Better 'Interview' For World's Top Job, 29 September 2004, The Sheboygan Press

-'Debates' Have Little Value, 29 September 2004, North County Times

-The Over-Formatted "Debate Show" May Not Shed Light On The Candidates, 28 September 2004, San Francisco Chronicle

-Debating The Debates, 28 September 2004, CBS News

-Debates Entertaining, But Will They Inform?, 27 September 2004, The Denver Post

-Debates Are No Face-Off, 26 September 2004, Detroit Free Press

-It'll Be Civilized Warfare, 26 September 2004, New York Post

-Watchdog Or Lapdog?, 25 September 2004, The News Leader

-The Debatable Debates, 22 September 2004, The Christian Science Monitor

-Upgrade a Poor Format, 20 September 2004, The Philadelphia Inquirer

-The Debate Debacle, 18 September 2004, The Boston Globe

-Debating the Debates, 15 September 2004, Harvard Law Today Magazine

-No Debate: Format's a Sham, 30 August 2004, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

-Drawing Back The Veil, 27 August 2004, The Lynchburg Ledger

-Include Third-Party Candidates in Debates, 26 August 2004, Capital Times

-Several Groups Say Commission on Presidential Debates is Partisan and Undermines Democracy, 24 August 2004, Associated Press

-Subject to Debate, 20 August 2004, Mother Jones

-Nader Could Be Barred From Debates He Champions, 19 August 2004, Hartford Courant

-Judge Says FEC Should Look Into 2000 Barrings, 13 August 2004, ABC News

-Save 'Genuine' Presidential Debates, 10 August 2004, Christian Science Monitor

-Times Demand Substantive Debates, 9 August 2004, The San Diego Union-Tribune

-Make Debates Meaningful, 8 August 2004, Denver Post

-Change Format, Let Candidates Match Wits, 22 July 2004, Press & Sun-Bulletin

-Open Up The Debates, 19 July 2004, Las Vegas Review-Journal

-Efforts Building to Take Back the Presidential Debates, 5 July 2004, Chicago Sun-Times

-Return to Old-Style Presidential Debates, 25 June 2004, Pioneer Press

-Free the Debates From Party Tyranny, 24 June 2004, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

-How About Real Debates, 20 June 2004, The Tennessean

-Repairing the Presidential Debates, 14 June 2004, The Oregonian

-Make Presidential Debates Real Ones, 14 June 2004, The Seattle Times

-Take Off the Gloves, 12 June 2004, Los Angeles Times

-Spectators Again in 2004, 7 June 2004, Times-Republican

-Open Up Presidential Debates, Group Says, 3 June 2004, Washington Times

-Debate Challenge, 25 May 2004, CBS NEWS

-More Presidential Debates Sought, 25 May 2004, Miami Herald, Knight Ridder Services

-The Quadrennial Sham: The Case for Truly Open Debates, May/June 2004, Columbia Journalism Review

-New Group Eyes Canisius As Debate Site, 25 May 2004, The Buffalo News

-Debate Plan Has A Place for Carleton, 25 May 2004, Star Tribune

-Carleton Offered As Debate Site, 25 May 2004, Pioneer Press

-Presidential Debate in Delco? Swarthmore Face-Off Eyed, 25 May 2004, The Daily Times

-Presidential Debate May Come to Capital, 25 May 2004, The Columbus Dispatch

-Group Calls for Larger Presidential Debates, 24 May 2004, FOX NEWS

-Voter Education Is Critical to the Health of Democratic Rule, 24 May 2004, Durham Herald-Sun

-Act to Change Tired Format, 7 May 2004, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

-Debates May Oppose WU Values, 3 May 2004, Student Life

-Real Presidential Debates: public interest groups should replace the two-party stranglehold, 20 April 2004, The Harvard Crimson

-Tax Status of Debate Sponsor Under Fire, 13 April 2004, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

-Group Files Complaint with IRS Against Debates Commission, 12 April 2004, Tax Notes Today

-Only Bush-Kerry in TV Debates?, 8 April 2004, Christian Science Monitor

-No More Deceptive Debates, 3 March 2004, Knight Ridder Services

-Bi-Partisan Presidential Debate System a Sham, 1 March 2004, Cybercast News Service

-Rural America Deserves Real Presidential Debate, 8 February 2004, Grand Forks Herald

-Not-So-Great Debates, 14 January 2004, Village Voice

-Replace Fluff in Presidential Debates with Meat, 24 November 2003, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

-Get Debates Out of Parties' Grasp, 14 November 2003, Philadelphia Inquirer

-The Bipartisan Undermining of Democracy, 13 November 2003, East Valley Tribune

-End the Debates Before They Start, 12 November 2003, New York Times

-Stop Paying for that Microphone, 6 November 2003, Pittsburgh City Paper

-Open the Debates, 11 October 2003, Common Dreams
-California's Great Debate, 26 September 2003, Washington Post
-Abolish Commission, Open Doors To 'Others', 21 June 2003, Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)