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REFORM NEEDED IN WAKE OF VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (10/03)                                    

GROUPS CALL ON CPD TO MAKE DEBATE CONTRACT PUBLIC (09/18)                                         

MAJORITY OF VOTERS SUPPORT INCLUSION OF BOB BARR IN DEBATES  (09/05)                                                                      

CPD MUST BE REPLACED AS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SPONSOR                                                                         

 

"Some people justify excluding from debates candidates not from the major parties in order to prevent 'cacophony.' But a high decibel level can betoken democratic vigor."
George Will

snippet of CDP press release from 1997.