Hi Bob,

The debate will be held at Mount Rushmore on June 7^th and 8^th, starting at 9am each day and going well into the evening.  Considering the constant turnover of guests at Mount Rushmore we are planning to repeat the program every two hours. 

 

Basically the first hour will be 5 – 7 minutes introductory speeches by the candidates.  Since each candidate will only be on stage for about 10 minutes, they will be at their booths for the remainder of the hour for interviews and on-one-on meeting with the guests.  The speeches will last about 45 minutes followed by an open mic. 

 

The next hour will be the debate.  We’ve done two other debates, one at the University of Cincinnati and one at the State of the World in Wilkes-Barre, PA.  These are all part of a series we are calling INDEPENDENTS DAY leading up to the actual INDEPENDENTS” DAY, November 4, 2008, where we hope to break the 153 year tradition of either Democratic or Republican rule. 

 

The format for the previous debates and since the audience had never seen the candidates before the moderators asked each candidate the same question so the audience could see how each responded to the basic questions about the economy, health care, the war, illegal immigration, etc.  We limited the responses to 1 minute.  However, at this event we will let the moderators decide if they want to ask the same questions or mix them up a little.  We are trying to get a different news groups to do the moderating at different hours throughout the days.

 

So far, besides myself, Christopher Popham Smith, Donald K. Allen, and Ruth Bryant White, have reconfirmed hotel reservations in the last few days.  John Blyth, John Bootie, John Greenspon, and Joe Oliva have said they were coming, but I have not heard about their hotel reservations.  The easiest way to access these sites is off this link http://www.ingram2008.com/pages/Independents%20Day/Mount%20Rushmore.htm .

 

I hope you can attend.  Please let me know what time(s) you would to moderate and if you have any special needs like special vehicle parking etc.  If you have any more questions, please either email me or call me at (715) 579-9871.  Bill

 

 

Bob Bosse
Director of Television, SDPB
Phone: 605-677-6267
FAX: 605-677-3164
bob.bosse@state.sd.us
www.sdpb.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Ingram Campaign Committee, LLC [mailto:bill@ingram2008.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:20 PM
To: Bosse, Bob
Subject: Presidential Debate

We are having an Independent President debate at Mount Rushmore on Jun 7 and 8.  We are repeating these debates on a regular basis throughout the two days.  Would someone from your network be interested in being the moderating at a debate?  Please let me know by Jun 1, so we can put you on the schedule.