Commission Says Debate to Go On
Posted on: Thursday, 25 September 2008, 00:00 CDT
The panel arranging the U.S. presidential debates said Wednesday night John McCain and Barack Obama should go at it Friday despite the financial market crisis.
The non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement it was "moving forward" with plans for the first presidential debate to be held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., The New York Times reported.
"The plans for this forum have been under way for more than a year and a half," the commission noted. "The (commission's) mission is to provide a forum in which the American public has an opportunity to hear the leading candidates for the president of the United States debate the critical issues facing the nation. We believe the public will be well served by having all of the debates go forward as scheduled."
McCain, the Arizona senator who is the Republican nominee, said earlier Wednesday he wanted a postponement while lawmakers deal with the proposed $700 billion bailout plan.
Obama, the Illinois senator who is the Democratic nominee, said he could do both.
Source: United Press International
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