Wednesday Oct 1 (# 5 )
[5 weeks to Election ]
RC session 8 AM to 9AM
Presidential Debate # 1
Schroeder, Presidential Debates, ch 1 The PreDebate Debate, ch 2 Strategy and Preparation , Conclusion
As Barack Obama and John McCain prepare for the first of three presidential debates,
take a look back at previous debates that have helped define elections.
RC & VSPU session 9AM to 11:15 AM
Week of Sept 24 to Oct 1
a. Polls
b. Wednesday Sept 24
Week in review Sept 23
McCain suspends campaign
How Main Street will Profit, by Will Gross, Washington Post
Crisis of Principles, Parker, Washington Times
c. Thursday, Sept 25
Palin with Katie Couric: Alaska and Russia
Ron Suskind, The Crisis Last Time, NYTimes
Ed Feulner, A Free Market Fix, Washington Times
Sarah Silverman wants Jews to gets their butts down to Florida for the Great Schlep
Media curves: Ad Obama
d. Friday, Sept 26
Peggy Noonan, Party of One, Wall Street Journal
Kimberley Strassel, Mr. McCain Goes Back to Washington, Wall Street Journal
Debate # 1
"You were wrong"
Earmarks: Vital issue?
Media curve assess debate performances
e. Saturday, Sept 27
f. Sunday, Sept 28
Kathleen Parker, The Palin Problem, Washington Post
Gretchen Morgenson, Behind Insureres Crisis ,Blind Eye to a web of Risk, NY Times
g. Monday, Sept 29
Paul Krugman, The 3AM Call, NY Times
William Kristol, How McCain Wins, NY Times
Market falls as Congress votes
h. Tuesday Sept 30
e. Russian News on Vote 2008:
