GOP Debate party Tuesday, Oct 11th, 2011 - Hancock's, 6 p.m.

10-06-2011 • 2012 Election Central

Debate Party will begin around 6 p.m. - the debate actually starts at 8 p.m. EST (5 p.m. Pacific/AZ time), and we will be taping the debate and begin to play it around 6:30 p.m. Pacific/AZ time when the bulk of people show up. We always get a nice crowd of people for these debates, so we hope that you can come!

Debate Party will be held at the home of Ernest and Donna Hancock, 4886 W Port Au Prince Ln; Glendale, AZ 85306. It is potluck, so bring what you want to share. The coolers will be available for your drinks. Please go to the meetup site for further details and to sign up.

Also, we will be celebrating 2 special events for one of our activists that evening as Buck celebrates his birthday and retirement on that day. So come with your well wishes for a very special man who allows Jeanne to stand on street corners all over this country and wave Ron Paul signs!!

The 2011-2012 debate schedule will take a two week hiatus and pick up again in October. The October 11th Republican primary debate is sponsored by Bloomberg News, The Washington Post and WBIN-TV, a local station which will broadcast the debate in New Hampshire. The debate will also air nationally on Bloomberg Television. Pre-debate coverage begins at 7pm ET on Bloomberg.

With the Oct. 11 Republican primary debate drawing nearer, Dartmouth officials are working to prepare the logistical elements of the College-hosted event. The debate, which will take place in Spaulding Auditorium from 8-10 p.m., will focus on the hot-button topic of the economy and will be moderated by PBS host and renowned journalist Charlie Rose, Bloomberg Television White House correspondent Julianna Goldman and The Washington Post’s national political correspondent Karen Tumulty.

Tumulty, Goldman and Rose have begun coordinating ideas and holding brainstorming sessions for the debate, which will focus primarily on economic issues, Goldman said in an email to The Dartmouth. “With the Bloomberg terminal, we’re uniquely positioned to back up our questioning with an enormous amount of data,” Goldman said.

Officials from the debate’s four sponsors — Dartmouth, Bloomberg News, The Washington Post and local news outlet WBIN-TV — have not yet decided on the questioning format to be used in the debate, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College. The sponsors are still considering whether Rose will ask each question or if he will also take questions from students and faculty members, Anderson said.