Kerry and Gingrich Prepare for Smackdown

[globalvillage]

I hate to point to Akers' nasty little gossip column, but this is interesting.

Kerry and Gingrich Prepare for Smackdown

Out of the presidential race but still itching to be a part of it all, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) seems to be trying to position himself as the Newt Gingrich of his party. You know, the thinking man who tries to steer the debate, frame the issues that candidates should be discussing, and hog air time.

We'll see how well Kerry does in his aspiring role next week when he goes head-to-head with Gingrich in a debate on the environment.


http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/04/kerry_and_gingrich_prepare_for.html

[beachmom]

1. Will this debate be televised and shown on CSPAN at some point?

I'd love to see it. Say what you will about Newt, no doubt he's a good debater, and will be a good challenge to Kerry's debating skills. I wonder if Newt believes in global warming.

[whometense]

2. Link to invite:

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/kerry_gingrich_invite040407.pdf

the John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress

Cordially Invites You to a
Conversation on Global Climate Change
and the Environment
Featuring

Honorable John Kerry
United States Senate

and

Honorable Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the House

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
10:00am – 12:00pm
325 Russell Senate Office Building
1st and C Streets, NE
Washington, DC

Please join us for a discussion between Senator John Kerry,
author of This Moment on Earth, and Former Speaker of
the House Newt Gingrich, author of Winning the Future: A
21st Century Contract with America, on the topic of global
climate change and the environment.
For more information and to register, please visit
www.nyu.edu/brademas/programs.events
or call 212-998-2269.

[Mass]

3. Akers is a total idiot, and sadly, it seems her readers are as well.

Kerry not a good debater? On which planet?

Actually, assuming that Newt stays within reasonnable arguments and does not try to emulate Inhoffe, it may be a very good debate.

[karynnj]

4. I don't take it that way

She says they are both skilled debaters. Newt is more of a know-it-all, which is to Kerry's credit.

[wisteria]

5. Interesting if just for the debate. The other comments are asinine.

They always seen to have to assign some other motivation for Senator Kerry to be doing something good. It can never just be written that JK is a concerned long time environmentalist and he wants to make more people aware of what is ahead if we don't change and embrace new science.