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...Gore's mock debates was set up in a Tennessee barn, Eckart said, including an entire debate hall - podium, TV studio and all. "But it was in rural Tennessee, his home state.... I felt it would make him more comfortable than being in a Hyatt somewhere sleeping in a hotel room...
...candidates to be totally relaxed and natural while simultaneously being very careful not to really be themselves. When Joe Biden squares off against Sarah Palin on Oct. 2, Biden must be cautioned to avoid his powerful urge to bring a laminated copy of his sat scorecard to the podium or to toss any well-meaning compliments at his opponent that include the word gams. It's probably a good idea to strip him of his beloved 4-lb. cuff links before he launches into any working-class-hero stuff as well. Palin should leave the overcooked hockey metaphors...
Bush, George W. • cake not publicly consumed during Hurricane Ike by •fundraising trip cancelled by in order to "closely monitor the situation in our financial markets" •ridiculously brief statement on economic crisis read by, then podium instantly turned away from...
...instead, “Why didn’t Mom and Dad force me to focus on an obscure sport from day one?” I might have complained a bit now and then, but years later I could have been standing on the podium thanking them for their persistence...
That's why there's such a buzz around the tall, sleek figure bestriding the podium in Loughborough. The town won't need much of a push to switch allegiance from Labour to Tory and neither will the country. A general election isn't due until spring 2010, and Cameron's 20-point lead in the opinion polls could yet sag if fate gifts Labour a game-changing event or an economic miracle. But for anyone who recalls the animosity toward the Tories that ushered Labour into power in 1997 and helped keep it there for more than a decade...