Election diary. October 3

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Tonight, the first of the four television debates between Mitt Romni and Barack Obama will take place in Denver. The theme of the debate: domestic policy. The presence of both candidates is mandatory. Within 90 minutes, 60 million Americans will look at the candidates. Viewers in the studio are forbidden to clap on the debate.

The observer of Newsweek David Friedlander gathered expert advice on how candidates need to behave correctly. In order for the lagging Romnie to take the upper hand, the journalist writes, he needs to make the Obama "panting to crawl on the floor and ask for mercy." President Obama should perceive the attacks “as stupidity”, to call his claims only part of the political game. In addition, Obama should give a conversation from his failures, calling them insignificant, and switch him to his plans. The journalist recalls the case when, on the 2000 television debates, candidate George Bush Jr. accused his opponent Albert Gora of memory in his memory, he was silent in response for several seconds, and then made a loud theater sigh. True, he gives this example as ineffective.

The British publication The Telegraph recalls the best moments from the American presidential debate, which have been held since 1960:

In 1960, on the debate between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy, the latter proved that the appearance matters. Kennedy, unlike his candidate, did not disdain with cosmetics and on the black and white screen his dark blue suit looked much more spectacular than Nixon's gray costume.

In 1976, in the battle between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, answering the question of the growing influence of communism in France and Italy, Ford stated that "there is no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe."

On the debate in 1984, candidate Walter Montale asked the oldest president in the history of the United States Ronald Reagan about his health. The 73-year-old politician answered him that he was feeling fine and has spoiled not to use the “youth and inexperience” of his 56-year-old opponent against him. Even Mondil laughed. He later admitted: “At that moment, I realized that this is the end of my campaign.”

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