Ready, Set, Debate!
As we were told by the lovely family who's housing us in Oxford, tonight will be a combination of debate-watching and tailgating. Issue alley is situated in the Grove, what seems to be the nerve center of the Ole Miss campus, where a lot of tailgating goes down during football season. Lots of locals and students have been setting up their lawn chairs and digging in for tonight's big event.
The debate will happen in the Ford Center. Last night we walked around campus and saw the ginormous media tent, a.k.a. the "spin room," where pundits and camera crews will gather for pre- and post-debate coverage.
We're having a lot of fun telling people about our Constitution Voter campaign, getting lots of signatures to the pledge, and lots of photos. (Check out the entire Flickr set if you don't want to wait for the pix to scroll through.) We're cheered to see how most people want to hear the candidates talk about the Constitution in this campaign, so we're hoping for some meaty, substantive questions about the Constitution in this and following debates. Protecting the Constitution is something that all voters can get behind.
Our intrepid Multimedia Producer Joel Engardio is talking to Ole Miss students about the election, so stay tuned for video from today. For a taste, check out our Constitution Day video on YouTube!
Oct 6th, 2008 at 6:07am
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