Jeffrey McManus

Link: Already, Obama and McCain Map Fall Strategies

In a sign of what could be an extremely unusual fall campaign, the two sides said Saturday that they would be open to holding joint forums or unmoderated debates across the country in front of voters through the summer. Mr. Obama, campaigning in Oregon, said that the proposal, floated by Mr. McCain’s advisers, was “a great idea.”

A bit part of the unusual-ness is that this campaign is seeing the final few nails driven into the coffin of corporate television news.

It seems likely that the decision to do unmoderated debates could have also been informed by the three-ring circus that George Stephanopoulos turned the last debate into.

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