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appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 06:38 PM Nov 2015

Friday, Nov. 6, 8 PM ET, 'Live Democratic Presidential Forum' with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC

The 'First in the South Democratic Candidates Forum' with Rachel Maddow will be hosted by the South Carolina Democratic Party at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, Friday, Nov. 6, 8 PM ET.

The event will feature the three leading Democratic candidates: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

As of this writing, an MSNBC press release stated Maddow will talk with the candidates about a number of issues including the economy, policing and the state of the Democratic Party in the South.

>The Forum is Not an official presidential debate and will feature separate conversations with each of the candidates, rather than a moderated group discussion.

Source: Huff Post, 'Rachel Maddow Democratic Presidential Forum', Oct. 29, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-democratic-presidential-forum_5632694ae4b00aa54a4d50ed
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*If you have more info. on the FORUM please let us know. MSNBC aired a brief TV ad this week for the Friday Forum in South Carolina where Bernie and other presidential candidates are campaigning.

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Friday, Nov. 6, 8 PM ET, 'Live Democratic Presidential Forum' with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC (Original Post) appalachiablue Nov 2015 OP
Thank you for posting! SoapBox Nov 2015 #1
For sure. There's also an OP just posted in this group of Rachel on Meredith Viera's TV Show today appalachiablue Nov 2015 #2
Separate conversations - just like on her show? So much for a debate... polichick Nov 2015 #3
I'm a little disappointed but a forum like this is better than nothing. And Rachel's serious, appalachiablue Nov 2015 #4
Rachel will def be in SC for this event at the Univ. & from more reading I think the 3 candidates appalachiablue Nov 2015 #5
Yes, and it's good they're in SC I think - but the candidates won't interact... polichick Nov 2015 #7
I read someplace that if the 3 candidates appear in person, on the same stage, and interact appalachiablue Nov 2015 #11
Thanks for the heads-up! polichick Nov 2015 #13
Get used to the "debates" of the future. winter is coming Nov 2015 #16
If it's going to be anything like Rachel was on the The Meredith Vieira Show it will suck. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #6
Thanks for that, including the photo - Obama conned the people... polichick Nov 2015 #8
I suspect it would break the record for low turnout. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #9
I saw Rachel's remarks on Vieira's show that Bernie's plans will be difficult to pass. Hmm. appalachiablue Nov 2015 #10
Yeah. I don't think they are allowed to discuss the TPP or Net Neutrality on MSNBC. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #12
Here we go! SoapBox Nov 2015 #14
Martin O'Malley 1st, Bernie 2nd, her 3rd. SoapBox Nov 2015 #15

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
2. For sure. There's also an OP just posted in this group of Rachel on Meredith Viera's TV Show today
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 06:49 PM
Nov 2015

discussing several (hard!) questions she wants to ask the 3 candidates. After some of the Dem. election results of yesterday, there's quite a bit to cover. Keep the faith

polichick

(37,152 posts)
3. Separate conversations - just like on her show? So much for a debate...
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 08:38 PM
Nov 2015

I was looking forward to a debate with a first-rate moderator. Bummer.

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
4. I'm a little disappointed but a forum like this is better than nothing. And Rachel's serious,
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 08:41 PM
Nov 2015

does her homework and asks the tough questions. It will be conducted in front of an audience, at the Winthrop Univ. I'm pretty sure which will make it more lively than a TV studio set.

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
5. Rachel will def be in SC for this event at the Univ. & from more reading I think the 3 candidates
Wed Nov 4, 2015, 11:55 PM
Nov 2015

will also *appear there. I'll search more tomorrow & try to post an update. Online info. about this is kind of mixed.

polichick

(37,152 posts)
7. Yes, and it's good they're in SC I think - but the candidates won't interact...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:40 PM
Nov 2015

Guess that's why it's called a forum. Oh well...

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
11. I read someplace that if the 3 candidates appear in person, on the same stage, and interact
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:24 PM
Nov 2015

with each other that's technically a Debate and not a Forum. So all hell would break loose with the DNC-- if I understood correctly. We'll find out tonight how they manoueuver around 'violations' I guess.

On Sunday there's a Forum on Immigration with Bernie and O'Malley livestreamed from Las Vegas, 4 PM PT noted in The Nation. The info. is posted in GD-P by elleng.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
16. Get used to the "debates" of the future.
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 09:22 PM
Nov 2015

Although if they did this for the GOP right now, it would look like speed dating.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
6. If it's going to be anything like Rachel was on the The Meredith Vieira Show it will suck.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 09:33 AM
Nov 2015

Rachel insisted Bernie's positions were too liberal. She said Obama's positions were far more centrist yet he couldn't even get them passed.

Tell me how Obama used the bully pulpit to fight for single payer, Rachel. Tell me how Obama fought to end the Bush tax cuts, Rachel.

Establishment shill—Rachel Maddow.

No one ever had such a mandate. Oh, what could have been.

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polichick

(37,152 posts)
8. Thanks for that, including the photo - Obama conned the people...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:48 PM
Nov 2015

and then protected the corporate status quo in so many ways. Clinton is trying the con but fewer are buying it this time. If she's the nominee, expect a low turnout election.

imo Rachel would no longer have her own show if she didn't lean (or at least pretend to lean) toward HRC. "Lean Forward" my ass!

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
10. I saw Rachel's remarks on Vieira's show that Bernie's plans will be difficult to pass. Hmm.
Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:17 PM
Nov 2015

Also didn't care for her style of questioning Bernie last week with no discussion at all and her skeptical facial gestures, although people raved about the show for the earlier part on HRC and DOMA that I missed.

This Forum tonight will be interesting and I wonder IF Rachel will bring up this week's disastrous revelations about the TPP that Bernie has opposed for two years. She usually doesn't, or can't talk about the TPP, Net Neutrality, Keystone and other taboo corporate subjects.
MSNBC has been promoting tonight's forum all afternoon like a boxing match- Kornacki, Toad and Matthews.

On Sunday, there's another *Dem. Forum on Immigration, with Bernie and O'Malley, livestreamed from Las Vegas, 4 PM PT noted in The Nation. The info. is posted in GD-P by elleng.

I read somewhere that IF the 3 Dem. candidates appear in person, on the same stage, AND have exchanges with each other, that is technically a Debate, not a Forum. Such a violation would incur the wrath of the DNC and DWS, and who knows what else. Although I don't quite get all the terms and conditions and distinctions of these events.

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