U.S. Senate candidate debate

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The hour-long formal debate for U.S. Senate is set for Sunday, September 26. It will air live on KTVK-3TV in Phoenix and be streamed to the station's website, azfamily.com. The station is also seen in Yuma on cable, and station officials hope to set up a feed for one of Channel 3's sister stations,  KTTU-TV18 (Cox Channel 2) in Tucson.

Press release from the Rodney Glassman for U.S. Senate campaign:

PHOENIX, Ariz. — U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman today challenged four-term incumbent John McCain to a series of debates across Arizona.

Glassman proposes debates in Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma, Flagstaff, Green Valley and Casa Grande between now and Election Day to give voters a chance to decide whether McCain deserves a fifth term or if they would prefer to hire a new U.S. senator.

"Since the start of the Great Recession, 300,000 Arizonans have lost their jobs, half of the state's homeowners are under water on their mortgages and Arizona has slipped to dead last in classroom spending," Glassman said. "America is clearly in a crisis, and under the circumstances John McCain should be more than willing to defend his long record in Washington and clearly articulate his vision for rebuilding Arizona's beleaguered economy."

Debates give voters a good opportunity to see and hear candidates in person to help them decide who they want to represent them in Washington for the next six years, Glassman said. He emphasized that McCain debated his primary opponent J.D. Hayworth three times during that race.

"Senator McCain certainly understands the importance of debates; he willingly participated in 17 debates during the primaries in 2008 and challenged his opponent to 10 more in the general election," Glassman said. "It shouldn't be too much to ask for him to agree to debate his Democratic opponent in six locations around the state."

NB: I have suggested before that the candidates load the Arizona media onto a bus and go from town to town in Arizona holding debates. Rodney's RV is not going to be big enough to hold the sycophant McMedia that travels with John McCain. Johnny's going to have to take his "Doubletalk Express" out of mouthballs to accomodate his McMedia.