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...film we see RNC glee as the Associated Press accepts their oppo research on a Gore misstatement during the first presidential debate. During their months of filming BBC producers also observed producers for NBC's Tim Russert, among others, calling to enquire if the team had any new material. This was apparently normal practice...
...LEHRER Fireworks-free second debate doesn't get good ratings or response. Paging Russert...
...hope of shredding Gore's credibility may explain Bush's nutty debate debacle. The Bush crew all looked at the tapes of Gore telling Tim Russert and Larry King that he would debate Bush on their shows, and then refusing unless Bush in turn agreed to the traditional Presidential Commission debates. They thought they had the perfect chance to show Gore backing off a big promise and ran an ad implying that Gore was ducking the debates. But however aggrieved the editorial pages, this was not a life-and-death issue for average voters, and if they were paying attention...
...debates, slated to take place in Boston (Oct. 3), Winston-Salem, N.C. (Oct. 11), and St. Louis (Oct. 17), will each last 90 minutes. No word yet on moderators - but it looks like Larry King and Tim Russert might be out of the running...
...looked like a draw, albeit a bloody one. Even as the credits rolled and the candidates headed off to their corners - they probably needed a nice stiff drink - there was some lingering tension over Lazio's forceful proffer of the soft-money ban, and even the unflappable Russert looked slightly befuddled...