Presidential Campaign to Nov. 2, 2004.debates and events

[bluedog]

Presidential Campaign to Nov. 2, 2004

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following diary of events leading up to the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 2, 2004.


NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.


*** denotes new entry added in the last week


June 14


Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) campaigns in New Jersey


June 17


John Kerry campaigns in Aspen and Denver, Colo.


JUNE 17-19


HOUSTON - Potential Democratic vice presidential nominees Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites) and Gov. Bill Richardson address Texas Democratic Party state convention.


June 19


BATON ROUGE, La. - Potential Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. John Edwards headlines the Louisiana Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner


JUNE 22


Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites)'s book "My Life" scheduled for release.


Utah state primary.


June 24


LOS ANGELES - John Kerry benefit concert featuring entertainers Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson and Billy Crystal.


JUNE 24-27





MILWAUKEE - Green Party National Convention.

JULY 20

North Carolina and Georgia state primaries - voters select GOP and Democratic nominees running to replace retiring Democratic Sens. John Edwards and Sen. Zell Miller.

JULY 26

Final report due from the 9/11 Commission.

JULY 26-29

BOSTON - Democratic National Convention.

AUG. 3

State primaries in Missouri, Kansas and Michigan.

AUG. 10

Colorado state primary to select Republican and Democratic nominees to square-off for retiring Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

AUG. 24

Oklahoma state primary to select nominees to square-off for retiring Republican Sen. Don Nickles' seat.

AUG. 30-SEPT. 2

NEW YORK - Republican National Convention.

AUG. 31

Florida state primary to select nominees for retiring Republican Sen. Bob Graham's seat.

SEPT. 30

MIAMI - Proposed presidential debate at the University of Miami.

OCT. 5

CLEVELAND - Proposed vice presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University.

OCT. 8

ST. LOUIS - Proposed presidential debate at Washington University.

OCT. 13

TEMPE, Ariz. - Proposed presidential debate at Arizona State University.

NOV. 2

General election

Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&ncid=703&e=7&u=/nm/20040614/pl_nm/campaign_diary_dc

[lovedems]

1. We are fast approaching the democratic national convention

shouldn't we be hearing word of a VP choice, really soon? Didn't Kerry say he would have his choice before the convention?

It is interesting that this article refers to Edwards as "potential VP nominee".

[bluedog]

2. yea

I noticed that also.Edwards is really out there campaigning hard for Kerry...I would hope Kerry does not pick his running mate on a Thursday or Friday.because the news is lost on the week ends......

[aldian159]

3. the most important day for news is Wed.

That waty people read about it all Thurs. and Fri. and it headlines the Sunday morning shows too.

[WitchWay]

4. What kind of debates are those?

They don't look like those sponsored by People's Commission on Presidential debates.

If you haven't already, please visit

www.opendebates.org

The debates are controlled and manipulated by the two major parties and are corporately sponsored. This is NO way to have debates -- and its SHAMEFUL that it's allowed. These sorts of manipulated debates aren't even REAL debates. By allowing them to continuing, we allow our democracy to degrad and fall into shambles. Candidates don't have to face REAL debate and REAL criticisms.

They will exclude third parties and ignore issues, avoiding anything that will offend corporate-America or expose the stranglehold corporations have over Washington. Nothign of substance will be arised. These are illusory debates that should not be allowed to continue.

And tell Kerry our country wants REAL debates that our controlled by the people -- and not CORPORATIONS. this will be a test to who John Kerry REALLY is. Stop the SHAM of the manipualted debates now.