Businessman Herman Cain and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have agreed to participate in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate this weekend for the Texas Tea Party Patriots PAC. The debate style will feature much lengthier questions than 30 second answers and should provide some deep policy discussions.
Air Time: Saturday, November 5 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on C-SPAN
Participants: Cain, Gingrich
Live Stream: C-SPAN
Report from Investor's Business Daily:
The lengthy verbal duel, with time for fully-developed answers not 30-second sound bites, was designed to circumvent the media's usual entertainment format, designed to produce TV news, gotchas and show off network stars as interrogators. The topics are current economic and social issues and the timekeeper is Rep. Steve King of Iowa.
The C-SPAN network has just informed us here at Investors.com that it will, indeed, broadcast the entire Cain-Gingrich Lincoln-Douglas debate nationally Saturday evening on its main channel, plus C-SPAN Radio and live-stream it at c-span.org. Starting time is 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern.
Many candidates over the years have called for lengthier, more in-depth debate opportunities but very rarely has this come to fruition. I'm glad we'll get to see this happen and hope that it will be 90 minutes of informative debate.
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How many times is Cain going to defer to Newt on questions he doesn't understand? I'm trying here guys. He just looks very amatuerish. At least admit that it should be Gingrich/Cain instead of Cain/Gingrich. Cain looks very small in Newt's shadow tonight. Newt has long detailed answers full of relevant content and information while Cain has short answers full of platitudes and talking points. People keep telling me I'm crazy, but I'm watching this happen in real time.
Both of them are head and shoulders above the other candidates that I have seen. A refreshing change.
And Cain just asked Newt "and what would you do as Vice President of the United States" thereby breaking up Newt. To which Newt replied "Well, I wouldn't go hunting".
Genuinely wonderful men with real ideas - and a sense of humor which has been sadly lacking in the White House and government. Shades of Regan.
I HAVE A OF OF FEAR THAT WE ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF WHO IS GOING TO REPRESENT US , IT'S GOING TO BE THE PRESS AGAIN. WHO PICK FOR US.I THINK GRINGICH HAS THE MOST UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AND WHAT MAKES THIS COUNRTY TICK .I DONT CARE ABOUT HOW MANY WIVES HE HAS HAD .I WANT TO KNOW HOW HE IS GOING TO FIX OUR BROKEN COUNTRY.HE IS A TEACHER , AND A PERSON WHO HAS A VISION FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT IS OUT OF THE BOX,AND MAKES IT MORE EXCITING THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS SEEKING TO BE OUR PRESIDENT.MY BIGGEST FEAR IS HE WONT HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPRESS HIS VISION AND DRIVE HE HAS FOR US, AS A WHOLE COUNTRY NOT A DIVIDED ONE.
I am very impressed with Newt.He's the most intelligent and presidential of all the candidates.