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Interesting - how the candidates practice for debates
I guess I never really thought about this. Here are the people who will role play the opponents:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/09/22/the-debate-team-2008-steele-craig-and-granholm/
The Debate Team 2008: Steele, Craig and Granholm
There?s a coterie of D.C. lawyers who specialize in debate preparation. Among the most prolific of these practitioners is Williams & Connolly?s Bob Barnett, who played the role of George Bush (for Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, and for Michael Dukakis in 1988), and the role of *** Cheney (for Joe Lieberman in 2000, and for John Edwards in 2004). During the 1992 campaign, Barnett practice debated Bill Clinton more than twenty times.
So who made the taxi squad for the 2008 presidential debates? Two beltway lawyers and a Michigan governor, as it turns out. The WSJ?s Monica Langley reports.
Michael Steele in the role of Barack Obama: The McCain campaign has chosen the former lieutenant governor of Maryland to play Obama. Steele (Johns Hopkins, Georgetown law) began life at the D.C. office of Cleary Gottlieb, where he repped Wall Street underwriters. According to the WSJ, Steele will use many of Obama?s speaking patterns, tactics and body language. Advisers have reportedly told McCain to watch out when Obama uses the phrase, ?As I?ve said before?? One McCain adviser said it?s used ?when Obama actually changes his position, to pretend it?s what he?s always said.?
Greg Craig in the role of John McCain: Obama will take practice rounds against the former special counsel to the Clinton White House (and a partner of Bob Barnett?s at Williams & Connolly.) Craig (Harvard, Yale law) will perhaps try to focus on how to provoke McCain into anger or showing what the Obama camp says is how out of touch, or old, he is.
Jennifer Granholm in the role of Sarah Palin: To prepare for Palin, Joe Biden will beat up on Granholm, another female governor who, like Palin, is also a sports mom and former beauty-pageant winner. Biden will reportedly focus on how not to come across as sexist or superior. Granholm (UC-Berkeley, Harvard law) clerked for U.S. Judge Damon Keith on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before becoming an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, and then the state?s Attorney General.
Law Blog Readers: The McCain campaign is reportedly having trouble finding the right person for Palin?s practice sessions. Joe Lieberman was apparently considered, but dropped for being insufficiently fiery and loquacious to do a good Biden impression. Any ideas?
Re: Interesting - how the candidates practice for debates
I know! I am now racking my brain for a good one. I feel like I need to turn on CSPAN and investigate.
"As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse
If it was in that context I think so. He is pretty good at mimicking Dems so why not?
caden, never leave us again. You make me laugh.
You'll love this. She's Canadian. So she already has the accent.
It's not that heavy though and she does a good job of hiding it.
He usually does it in an exaggerated, mocking manner. I'm not sure he could accurately replicate Biden's strengths and deliver his more convincing arguments (if, like myself, you believe he has many).
"As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse