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The Carter campaign, believing that a three-way debate between Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Anderson, would boost Anderson's campaign, tried to push for an earlier debate only featuring Carter and Reagan. [2] This plan was supported by the chairs of the Democratic and Republican National Committee. [3]
Debategate or briefing-gate was a political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan; it took place in the final days of the 1980 presidential election.Reagan's team acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers, classified top secret, [1] that Carter used in preparation for the October 28, 1980 debate with Reagan.
Selected debates of Ronald Reagan Year Date Debate Location Media Transcript 1980: February 23: Debate with former CIA Director George H. W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination. When Reagan's microphone is turned off, the former governor paraphrases Spencer Tracy and yells, "I paid for this microphone, Mr. Green!" Nashua, NH 1980 ...
Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan (1980) For most of the 1980 campaign cycle, Carter had been unwilling to debate Ronald Reagan, the former California Governor, who was considered a master of visuals ...
Perhaps the most famous one-liner in a presidential debate, Ronald Reagan's "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" question to voters in his match with Democratic incumbent Jimmy ...
English: Full Title: Presidential Debate with Ronald Reagan and President Jimmy Carter, in Cleveland, Ohio, October 28, 1980 Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Communications Agency. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent) Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989 Collection: Records of the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1
The Grade 8 escapade and one known as Debategate both involved the mishandling of classified documents that Democratic President Jimmy Carter used to prepare for a debate with Republican rival ...
The second debate and the vice presidential debate were both cancelled. Reagan eventually conceded to Carter's demand, and a single debate took place with only Carter and Reagan. With years of experience in front of a camera as an actor, Reagan came across much better than Carter in the debate and was judged by voters to have won by a wide ...