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A filmmaker is granted unprecedented access to a political candidate and his family as he runs for President.
The second presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore, took place on Wednesday, October 11, 2000, in the Wait Chapel on the campus of the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour, who posed the questions for each candidate.
A filmmaker is granted unprecedented access to a political candidate and his family as he runs for President.
A retrospective on the great election battles of the past in the United States: the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960, the first ever to be televised; the Republican campaign of 1972, which proved to be the starting point for the Watergate scandal; and the electoral strategy of Barack Obama in 2008, the first election to fully exploit the potential of the Internet.
The first inauguration of George W. Bush as the 43rd president of the United States took place on Saturday, January 20, 2001, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 54th inauguration and marked the commencement of the first term of George W. Bush as president and Dick Cheney as vice president.
The second inauguration of George W. Bush as the 43rd president of the United States took place on Thursday, January 20, 2005, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 55th inauguration and marked the beginning of the second and final term of George W. Bush as president and Dick Cheney as vice president.
The first presidential debate between Vice President George H. W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis took place on Sunday September 25, 1988, in the Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS with John Mashek of Atlanta Constitution, Peter Jennings of ABC, and Anne Groer of Orlando Sentinel as panelists. Questions divided between foreign and domestic policy. Voters were split as to who won the first presidential debate.
The second and final presidential debate between Vice President George H. W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis took place on Thursday, October 13, 1988, at the Pauley Pavilion at University of California in Los Angeles, California. The debate was moderated by Bernard Shaw of CNN with Andrea Mitchell of NBC, Ann Compton of ABC, and Margaret Warner of Newsweek as panelists. Bush improved in the second debate; Dukakis had been suffering from the flu and spent much of the day in bed. His performance was generally seen as poor.
The first presidential debate between President George H. W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and Businessman Ross Perot took place on Sunday, October 11, 1992, at the Field House, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS with Sander Vanocur, Ann Compton and John Mashek as panelists.
The second presidential debate between President George H. W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and Businessman Ross Perot took place on October 15, 1992, at University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. The town hall style debate was moderated by Carole Simpson of ABC with 109 uncommitted voters as questioners. Questions were focused primarily on domestic issues and the economy, although no subject was restricted. Clinton emerged out as the winner of the second debate leading over both Bush and Perot. Bush was seen on national camera checking his watch while being asked about the effect of the national debt on him personally. A poll conducted by CNN/USA TODAY from Oct. 16–18, showed 58 percent calling Clinton the winner, 16 percent said Bush won and 15 percent said Perot.
The third and final presidential debate between President George H. W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and Businessman Ross Perot took place on Monday, October 19, 1992, at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS with Gene Gibbons, Helen Thomas and Susan Rook as panelists. A poll conducted by CNN/USA TODAY after the third debate found that viewers thought Perot had won. Opinions, however, were tied between Clinton's and Bush's performances; 28 percent thought Clinton had done the best job, 28 percent Bush, and 37 percent said Perot.
The only vice presidential debate between Vice President Dan Quayle, Senator Al Gore, and Ret. Vice Admiral James Stockdale took place on Thursday, October 13, 1992, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. The debate was moderated by Hal Bruno of ABC. The debate would become known for unusual responses and negative rhetoric from the candidates and the audience. It would later be called "the most combative debate in the 32-year history of the televised forums" by the Washington Post.
The first presidential debate between President Bill Clinton and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole took place on Sunday, October 6, 1996, in the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Connecticut. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour, who posed the questions for each candidate.
The second and final presidential debate between President Bill Clinton and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole took place on Wednesday, October 16, 1996, at the Shiley Theater on the campus of University of San Diego in San Diego, California. The town hall style debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour with featuring the questions asked by members of the audience.
The only vice presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp took place on Wednesday, October 9, 1996, in the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour, who posed the questions for each candidate.
The first presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush took place on Tuesday, October 3, 2000, in the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour, who posed the questions for each candidate.
The third and final presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush, took place on Tuesday, October 17, 2000, at the Field House on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The town hall style debate Jim Lehrer of PBS with featuring questions asked by members of the audience.
The first presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, took place on Thursday, September 30, 2004, in the Convocation Center of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS' The NewsHour posed nine questions for each candidate.
The second presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry took place on Friday, October 8, 2004, at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The town hall style debate was moderated by Charles Gibson of ABC, which consisted of prospective voters reading questions preselected by Gibson to the candidates.
The third and final presidential debate between President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry took place on Wednesday, October 13, 2004, in the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The debate was moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS, who posed 20 total questions to the candidates.
The first presidential debate between Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama took place on Friday, September 26, 2008, at University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The debate was moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS. Although the debate was originally planned to focus on foreign policy and national security, Lehrer did devote the first half of the debate due to the ongoing 2008 financial crisis, a portion of the debate focused on economic issues.
The second presidential debate between Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama took place on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The debate was moderated by Tom Brokaw of NBC.