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The United States presidential debates of 2008 were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization that sponsored four debates that occurred at various locations around the United States in September and October 2008. Three of the debates involved the presidential nominees, and one involved the vice-presidential nominees.
Republican Party nominee John McCain and Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama did not agree to additional debates; however, each was interviewed at the Civil Forum on the Presidency, held on August 16, 2008, and at the Service Nation Presidential Forum on September 11, 2008. Their respective running mates, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, did not participate in any additional debates.
Joint appearances
On Saturday, August 16, 2008, both McCain and Obama appeared at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in California. Similar to the Compassion Forum held in the Democratic debates, each candidate appeared separately, answering similar questions from Warren for one hour. Obama appeared first, followed by McCain.[1][2]
On September 11, 2008, McCain and Obama were separately interviewed at the Service Nation presidential forum at Columbia University.[3]
Debate schedule
2008 United States presidential election debates | ||||||||||||||||
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No. | Date & Time | Host | Location | Moderator | Participants | |||||||||||
Key: P Participant. N Non-invitee. |
Republican | Democratic | ||||||||||||||
Senator John McCain of Arizona |
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois | |||||||||||||||
1 | Friday, September 26, 2008,
9:00 – 10:30 p.m. EDT[4] |
University of Mississippi[5] | Oxford, Mississippi | Jim Lehrer of PBS | P | P | ||||||||||
2 | Tuesday, October 7, 2008,
9:00 – 10:30 p.m. EDT[4] |
Belmont University[6] | Nashville, Tennessee | Tom Brokaw of NBC | P | P | ||||||||||
3 | Wednesday, October 15, 2008,
9:00 – 10:30 p.m. EDT[4] |
Hofstra University[7] | Hempstead, New York | Bob Schieffer of CBS | P | P | ||||||||||
2008 United States vice presidential debate | ||||||||||||||||
No. | Date & Time | Host | Location | Moderator | Participants | |||||||||||
Key: P Participant. N Non-invitee. |
Republican | Democratic |