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McCain & Obama Invited to Town Halls at Reagan and Johnson Libraries
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ABC News' Tahman Bradley and David Chalian Report: Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have been invited to town hall meetings at the Presidential Libraries of Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson.
The invitation, sent to the candidates by former first lady Nancy Reagan and the Johnson daughters, Lynda Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson, does not suggest a specific date or lay out details about a proposed format. The invitation is for the town halls to take place in July.
The selection of a moderator, how the audience will be chosen, and how the questions are screened editorially all need to be worked out with the campaigns.
Sen. McCain, R-Ariz., challenged Obama to a series of 10 town hall meetings this summer, saying he wants forums where the candidates take questions directly from voters. Obama, D-Ill., has said he's open to engaging McCain in town hall-style meetings in the coming weeks.
The candidates turned down an invitation by ABC News and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to a joint town hall meeting at Federal Hall in New York City. McCain held a town hall Thursday without Obama and slammed the senator for so far not accepting an invitation to debate. "I think this town hall meeting tonight would have been a little bit more interesting if Senator Obama had accepted my invitation," he said.
ABC News' Bret Hovell contributed to this report.
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Farrakhan/Obama agenda will not be America's !
Posted by: tonyrezko | Jun 12, 2008 8:40:04 PM
Invite Ron Paul to show what phonies they are. More big government. More welfare or a bigger war machine, you choose.
Posted by: Sally | Jun 12, 2008 8:40:50 PM
I am not sure that Senator Obama can go through a debate without his prepared speeches and responses shown on a teleprompter. He will: say what, no, that not what I mean, you misunderstood me, of course not, why do you ask me that, that's not important, I don't remember that, I don't know Rezko, maybe, never, hmm. huhg, no, why, so what, Sinclair who, Hamas are good people:--Sure glad this debate is over. Any questions about my positions will be answered 10 years from today. But please vote for me in November.
Posted by: Mary | Jun 12, 2008 8:47:46 PM
It so hard to load that tele-prompter quick enough for a townhall type event... I just don't think the Obama-Prompter will be able to handle it.
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lol, maybe they can hitch on Oprah's fat ass?
Posted by: barry odingo | Jun 12, 2008 8:50:39 PM
okay let me get this right, they dont have all the details figured out and he is already talking about why didnt he show?
and im sorry you are going to at least need a fact checker or something cause how will most americans know who is talking out of the back end and who isnt? plus there was so much media and attention given to hillary and obama i dont even think anyone has dove into mccain really how will average americans know what to ask mccain?
if he picks the places and the audience i wouldnt show either it would just be another one sided ambush you would have to be retarded to do it!!!
Posted by: melissa | Jun 12, 2008 8:52:51 PM
i have seen mccain speak the man would be smart to use a teleprompter!
Posted by: melissa | Jun 12, 2008 8:55:05 PM
Obama is too stoned to remember his "lines"
Posted by: melissa | Jun 12, 2008 8:57:40 PM
Big people talk about ideas; little people talk about other people...
Posted by: jozy | Jun 12, 2008 9:10:57 PM
It doesn't really matters to me about any debates.
Ileft the democratic party for good.
I will vote strait republican ticket
to punish the democrats for the un-fair
treatment of Hillary.
JOHN McCAIN '08
Posted by: Redneck | Jun 12, 2008 9:14:10 PM
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I'VE GOT A PERFECT PUZZLE FOR YOU
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IF YOU ARE WISE YOU'LL LISTEN ME
If want to see the strengths of a candidate
You won't see any from Obama in a presidential debate
Without a tele-prompter he answers "Uh"and it's such a facade
The Media turns a deaf ear. Obama is their god
The eloquent speeches are wearing thin
Without Hillary to pick on how will he win?
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Vote For Obama AND BE SCREWED
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Posted by: Samantha | Jun 12, 2008 9:17:59 PM
Redneck, who cares. Why is it that the article can't be discussed without some Hillary supporter crying that they left the party cause she was treated unfairly. Just do it and stop whining about it.
Posted by: zz | Jun 12, 2008 9:21:32 PM
The meat and potatoes of a presidential election are the debates, where the candidates go toe-to-toe on the issues and are totally on their own. Bush dodged debates. Obama dodges debates.
The rest of a campaign is all pomp and circumstance, the debates are where you see who knows their stuff and how they might respond to the challenges of the toughest job on earth.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | Jun 12, 2008 9:23:28 PM
The meat and potatoes of a presidential election are the debates, where the candidates go toe-to-toe on the issues and are totally on their own. Bush dodged debates. Obama dodges debates.
The rest of a campaign is all pomp and circumstance, the debates are where you see who knows their stuff and how they might respond to the challenges of the toughest job on earth.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | Jun 12, 2008 9:24:14 PM
I was thinking the same thing as "up your obama" was thinking.
Is their going to be a teleprompter for Obama their.
Posted by: down yours Obama | Jun 12, 2008 9:33:26 PM
Why isn't Obama willing to debate in a town hall setting? Fear?
Posted by: Just Curious | Jun 12, 2008 9:39:51 PM
How long can Obama stay away from these? They're softballs for McCain, but it's an image problem of he keeps turning them down.
Posted by: matt | Jun 12, 2008 9:44:34 PM
Hillary was too soft on Obama and he knows it. No cherry picked questions for him there. McCain will smack the rezko out of him =)
Posted by: melissa | Jun 12, 2008 9:45:03 PM
Obama is a really stupid coward! Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Posted by: Soetoro No! | Jun 12, 2008 9:48:14 PM
I finding it increasingly more difficult to find any relevance in your blogs and those who are posting.
Posted by: Thinking | Jun 12, 2008 9:52:01 PM
Big people talk about ideas (bogus promises and political rhetric):
Little people talk about other people's qualifications and objectives.
Posted by: Mary | Jun 12, 2008 9:52:26 PM
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