News stories tagged with "debate"

(10/28/09) This evening, two of the three candidates for the 23rd congressional district house seat will take part in a debate in the E. Glenn Giltz auditorium. That's in Hawkins Hall at SUNY Plattsburgh. The forum begins at 5 pm and North Country Public Radio will broadcast the program beginning at 7 o'clock, following All Things Considered. Martha Foley talks with NCPR Adirondack bureau chief, Brian Mann, who is one of the debate co-moderators.

(09/21/09) NCPR Web Manager and commentator Dale Hobson has an idea to return civility to public discourse. He says it has to do with casseroles.

(10/06/04) Last night, St. Lawrence University presented it's own debate of the issues being discussed this political season. Conservative commentator Bay Buchanan and former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a Democrat, largely focused on Iraq and national security. But they also spent time talking about domestic issues like jobs and education, and at one point, turned to the topic of how to make the democratic process stronger.

(10/01/04) A group of students, faculty and some community members at Plattsburgh State last night avoided the who-won, who-lost instant analysis of the first presidential debate. The "Debate Watch" crowd assembled by the school's Mass Communication Honorary Society watched, listened and then talked about it. Martha Foley talks with Donald McCann, a senior at Plattsburgh State and president of Lambda Pi Eta.

(10/15/02) The first of two debates for the new race for governor was held over the Columbus Day weekend. All seven candidates who are actively campaigning for governor participated, at incumbent Governor Pataki's request. Karen Dewitt reports.

(08/30/02) The two democratic candidates for governor squared off in a public television debate yesterday in Rochester. While the two agreed on many issues, Andrew Cuomo, the former Housing Secretary, who's behind in the polls, jabbed continuously at the frontrunner Carl McCall, who is the state's comptroller. Karen Dewitt reports.

(08/23/02) Governor Pataki's challenger in the Independence and Conservative party primaries wants the governor to debate him. Billionaire businessman Tom Golisano says he wants Pataki to accept a League of Woman Voters invitation to debate on September 6th. Karen Dewitt reports.

(08/20/02) Andrew Cuomo says he'll focus his criticism on Carl McCall's job performance as state comptroller for the past eight years.
Cuomo is trailing McCall in the polls. The two are competing for the Democratic nomination for governor. The latest poll shows McCall leading Cuomo 47 percent to 31 percent among Democrats. Karen Dewitt has more.