Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. How Adlai Stevenson Put John F. Kennedy in the White House 17
7. 2. Presidential Debates and “Equal Opportunity” 29
8. 3. “If You’re Thirty-two Points Behind, What Else Are You Going to Do?” 43
9. 4.The Commission on Presidential Debates and Its Critics 61
10. 5.The Dilemma: Who Debates? 81
11. 6. How to Improve the Presidential Debates 101
12. A. Memorandum of Understanding between the Bush and Kerry Campaigns, 2004 123
13. B. Negotiated Agreements between the League of Women Voters and the Ford and Carter Campaigns, 1976 137
14. C. Section 312 of the Communications Act: “Reasonable Access” for Candidates for Federal Office 139
15. D. Challenges to the CPD under Federal Election and Tax Law 141
16. E. Broadcast Debates and the First Amendment 145
17. F. The Televised Presidential Debates, 1960–2004 153
18. Notes 165
19. Index 203