An Unusual Presidential Debate Calendar Fit for an Unusual Election

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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With requests for no audience members, hypothetical mic muting and a contest coming before the RNC and DNC nominating conventions, the debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are heading down an unprecedented road. So why did both candidates agree to such an unorthodox plan and bypass the traditional Commission on Presidential Debates? Plus, the Biden campaign faces the reality of trailing Donald Trump in five out of six battleground states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:38.0	President Biden and former President Donald Trump finally agreed to a schedule for presidential debates
0:45.2	earlier than ever they'll be held and with significant changes to the usual formats.
0:50.4	So who won this exchange over the debates and which candidate is likely to benefit
0:56.0	when they do meet. Plus, Joe Biden continues to trail Donald Trump in two new major media polls.
1:02.8	We'll take a temperature check on where the presidential campaign stands
1:07.2	now that the debate calendar is set.
1:10.2	Welcome.
1:10.8	I'm Polish you go, editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal and this is our opinion
1:15.8	podcast, Atomic Watch, and I'm here with two of my colleagues, Manet Uque Barua.
1:20.8	Hi, Monet.
1:21.6	Hello, Paul.
1:22.1	And Kyle Peterson,
1:24.1	Kyle familiar to you all, hi Kyle.
1:26.2	Hi, hi.
1:26.9	So the debate to calendar is set.
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