Foreword / Varton Gregorian -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How Adlai Stevenson put John F. Kennedy in the White House -- Presidential debates and "equal opportunity" -- "If you're thirty-two points behind, what else are you going to do?" -- The Commission on Presidential Debates and its critics -- The dilemma : who debates? -- How to improve the presidential debates -- Appendixes -- Memorandum of understanding between the Bush and Kerry campaigns, 2004 -- Negotiated agreements between the League of Women Voters and the Ford and Carter campaigns, 1976 -- Section 312 of the Communications Act : "Reasonable Access" for candidates for Federal Office -- Challenges to the CPD under Federal Election and Tax Law -- Broadcast debates and the First Amendment -- The televised presidential debates, 1960-2004 -- Notes -- Index.
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