2016 presidential debate
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Letter: Debate commission should suspend arbitrary rules, include everyone
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Editor: Why do American voters have to choose between the two most unpopular presidential candidates in the last ten presidential election cycles? Because the Commission on Presidential Debates says so. The Commission on Presidential Debates sounds like an important public entity, but is, in fact, a private corporation hired by the Democratic and Republican parties.…
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NBC’s Lester Holt, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace among presidential debate moderators
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NBC News chief anchor Lester Holt will moderate the first scheduled presidential debate on Sept. 26, with ABC’s Martha Raddatz, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace lined up for others. The Commission on Presidential Debates also said Friday that CBS News’ Elaine Quijano will moderate the vice presidential debate between Republican Mike…
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More Republicans reject Trump despite bid to reset campaign
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Donald Trump is seeking to quell concerns he lacks the discipline or policy know-how to make a competent president, even as the list of fellow Republicans deeming him unfit for the Oval Office grows. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate long wary of Trump, became the latest Republican to announce her intent not to vote…
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Swallowing hard, Trump rivals vow to back him if nominated
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The Republican establishment and its last best hopes to defeat Donald Trump spent a long and extraordinary day denouncing the billionaire businessman as dangerous, a “phony” and a “con man” unfit for office. Then, when it was all over, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich swallowed hard and said they’d support Trump if he…
