Debates: Albany Co. DA and 21st CD rep


By albany layman, Section Diaries
Posted on Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 08:55:54 AM EST

For the political junkies out there, debates at Albany Law School:

On Tuesday, Oct. 7, Albany County District Attorney David Soares '99 and challenger Roger Cusick '75, a Republican running on an independent line [...] The forum will be at 7 p.m. in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom at the school on New Scotland Avenue. [...]

On Monday, Oct. 13, the law school's student Democrat and Republican organizations will host a 21st Congressional District Candidates Forum at 6 p.m. in the Dean Alexander Moot Court Room. The district's two actively campaigning candidates, Jim Buhrmaster and Paul Tonko, will each make a five-minute opening statement before engaging in an hour-long moderated discussion. [...]

Both events are free and open to the public. [...]

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Debates: Albany Co. DA and 21st CD rep | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 hidden)
Television? (none / 0) (#1)
by Soundpolitic on Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 04:55:59 AM EST
There's a post on Capitol Confidential saying a Tonko-Burhmaster debate will be broadcast on WHMT (Channel 17, PBS affiliate) on Thursday, October 16.  Is this 10/13 standoff at Albany Law the meat of the eventual broadcast, or do we have two debates in the next week coming up?

Big new job starts today...I'll see what I can do.  Thanks for the info, Layman!

SP (none / 0) (#2)
by albany layman on Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 06:21:53 AM EST
Looks like there are two debates.  The one at Albany Law on 10/13 and then another televised debate on 10/16.  Links here and here.

I could not find any location or event info for the televised debate.  Perhaps they want you rabblerousers to stay home, where you can only heckle your own television.

Two's Company! (none / 0) (#3)
by Soundpolitic on Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 07:22:00 PM EST
Thanks for the confirmation, Layman.  You've proven to be an invaluable accomplice to my hijinks :-)

Oh...and here's a little nugget that proves that we reputable bloggers are way better at reporting the facts than the Times Onion:  apparently, they're so caught up in the whole Conners audit of Soares office, they mix-up completely who's debating who in the DA's race on Tuesday.  I quote:

The audit comes on the eve of a debate between Conners and Roger Cusick, a Republican running on the GOP-hatched Integrity Party.

Emphasis added

For the record, the debate will be between David Soares, the current District Attorny, and Roger Cusick, his challenger.  Albany County Comptroller is not seeking the office of District Attorney, he's just auditing it.

And now, an analogy:

The Times Union is to journalism as oil is to water.  Touche!

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