Gore says he expects
3 Primetime TV
debates with Bush
by Naftali Bendavid
Chicago Tribune
September I I, 2000
Vice President Al Gore said Sun
day he expects his campaign to work
out a plan for three prime-time de
bates with Texas Goy. George W.
Bush, despite
friction between
the two camps
over the issue.
"I think that
it's clearly in the
public interest to
have three 90-
minute prime
time debates
sponsored by the
bipartisan commission," Gore said in
an interview with the Tribune aboard
Air Force o flvinsl. into Chicao
"If Mush' is read to accept the
commission's basic re,:ommenda
tion, I'm certain that all the disaree
ments over the minor detail. can he
worked OUt
Gore declined to he specific thout
details
"I'm going to let Bill Dale \ handle
it," Gore said, referring to former
Commerce Secretary William I >ale \ •
his campaign chairman, hrother of
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Dale\
and the Gore team's representidi e
in discussions with Bush aides and
the Commission on Presidential lk
That commission. headed h
former chairmen of the Democratic
and Republican Parties, has proposed
three prime-time debates, as \\ ell as
one between the vice presidential
candidates.
Bush balked at that proposal and
suggested that he and Go' e appeal
in less confrontational settings. Lille
last week, however, he appeared to
relent. Representatives of both cam
paigns were expected to meet Thurs
day, September 14, with the commis
sion to begin hammering out final
plans.
Gore came to Chicano to make a
live appearance on Monday's Opron
Winfrey Show, to he broadcast at 9:00
a.m. on WLS-TV, Ch. 7. He then vv ill
travel to Belleville, 111., fora to\k,
hall meeting at Westhaven Elemen
tary School.
Gore, who spoke cautiously dur
ing the interview, declined to say
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\\ 'Willer he was worried about low Meanwhile, Bush's running mate,
expectations for Bush in the debates. Dick Cheney, gave up lucrative stock
Because Gore is considered a top- options in his former company,
notch debater, some Democrats say Halliburton, after allegations they
that it . Bush merely holds his own it would have created a conflict of in
will be considered a victory for the terest. Though none of the flubs has
Republican. been crippling, they came at a criti
not very good at the expecta- cal time in the race as voters began
n 2 00 d to id f ::is. c e us on the can-
Gore said in the
interview that he
typically has gained
momentum in the
later stages of a race.
"I always do better
in the last few weeks
lions game, - Gore said, and then pro-
Leccied to raise expectations for
I do think he's an excellent de
h,iter." he sail. "lie heat John
Nlc( . .iin in the showdown debate in
the Repuhlican contest. He appar
ent (11(1 extremely Nell against Ann
Richwds and against Gary Mauro,"
his
Texih, _uhernatorial rare,.
I this campaign swing, Gore
plriw, lupus on education r.ind cul
tural allies. A federal report on chil
dren ;it] movie ‘iolence is due out
this \\ :ind Gore's running mate,
Scn. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.). is
scheduled to testily on the subject
ednestlav hetore the Senate Com
merce Committee.
I'll he talking about the need for
reloi in, the need for new resources
ale n with the nem. ideas, - Gore said.
he talking about the need to give
h,trcnts ,t hand in their ettorts to give
the riv.ht aloes to their kids.''
1 he dynamics of the presidential
campaign have changed draniatically
in recent weeks ;liter the primaries
ended. it seemed Bush could do no
wrong while the Gore campaign ap
peared to Hounder. Now the situa
tion is reversed.
Gore's choice of Lieberman a
month aeo was widely applauded,
and as followed by a smoothly run
Democratic convention and a suc
cessful boat ride down the Missis
,ippi River. Since then, (fore has
seemed 1;11 . 1110FC relaxed .
In contras!. the Bush campaign has
stumbled. Republicans produced an
anti Gorr ad hut then pulled it hack.
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of a campaign," he
said. "I need a long
runway to get airborne. I think it's
because I'm not a natural politician.
But once I get airborne, so to speak,
I really enjoy it a lot, and my enthu
siasm for it shows, and I can hardly
wait for the next day to start."
Bush has said he will begin cam
paigning more informally, holding
town hall meetings and speaking di
rectly to voters something Gore
has been doing. Asked about that,
Gore smiled hut declined to COM-
"You're witnessing, self discipline,
to your disadvantage,'' he said. I:.ven
with Bush's recent misfortunes, most
polls show Gore and Bush locked in
the closest presidential contest in de
cades.
The tiff over dehates unfolded
against this backdrop. The Commis
sion on Presidential Debates --
headed by the former Democratic
Chairman Paul Kirk and former Re
publican Chairman Frank
Fahrenkopf —at first propo , ,e6 mire
and Bush face off Oct. 3, Oct. I I and
Oct. 17.
Bush rejected the commission's
schedule, saying he wanted to con
sider alternate formats. He proposed
debating Gore on NBC's Meet the
Press and CNN's Larry King Lire.
Some Republicans feared Bush's
strategy made it appear that he was
afraid to debate Gore. Yet Gore said
Sunday that appearing on the NBC
and CNN programs is still a possi
bility.
"After we do the commission de
bates, I'll entertain all of the other
invitations that have been laid
down," he said.
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