It’s debate prep time for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. While the debate disaster against Trump that eventually ended President Joe Biden's reelection bid is still fresh in the nation's mind, their teams are also undoubtedly looking back at how past memorable debate moments came together — for good or ill.
FILE - President Joe Biden , right, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump , left, during a presidential debate June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale , shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984. FILE - Jimmy Carter , left, and Gerald Ford, right, shake hands before the third presidential debate, Oct. 22, 1976, in Williamsburg, Va. FILE - Sen.
So Reagan’s team took a more hands-off approach toward the second debate. When Reagan got a question about his mental and physical stamina that he had to know was coming, he was ready enough to make the response feel unplanned. With Moscow controlling much of that part of the world, the surprised moderator asked if he’d understood correctly. Ford stood by his answer, then spent days on the campaign trail trying to explain it away. He lost that November.
Then-Sen. Barack Obama, in a 2008 Democratic presidential primary debate, dismissively told Hillary Clinton, “You’re likable enough, Hillary.” That drew backlash, but Obama recovered.. Despite repeated attempts and excruciatingly long pauses, Perry could not remember the third of the three federal agencies he’d promised to shutter if elected.
“Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy,” Bentsen began slowly and deliberately, drawing out the moment. “Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”Quayle and George H.W. Bush still easily won the 1988 election. But they lost in 1992 after then-President Bush was caught on camera looking at his watch while Democrat Bill Clinton talked to an audience member during a town hall debate. Some thought it made Bush look bored and aloof.
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