The president must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate.

该总统必须设法在这场政治辩论中重获优势。

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I went to a debate in the Bronx, moderated by the borough President, Fernando Ferrer, who would become a supporter.

我在布朗克斯参加了一场辩论，主持辩论的是布朗克斯区区长费尔南多·费雷尔，他后来成了我的支持者。

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Peggy Nabors, the AEA president, and I had a heated debate on the Phil Donahue Show, one of several arguments we had in the national media.

在参加菲尔.多纳休谈话节目时，阿肯色州教育协会会长佩吉.内伯斯和我进行了激烈的辩论，这是我们在全国性的媒体上进行的几场辩论之一。

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In eighteen forty-eight, while James Polk was president, there was a great constitutional debate in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

This week, President Obama continued to push for health reform as debate over his plan intensified.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

News that the president's life was in danger could have an effect on the debate.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

And, again, we can debate, and we should debate, and the President will debate, no doubt, during this campaign, whether or not now is the right time to give tax cuts to the richest and wealthiest Americans.

WHITEHOUSE: Gaggle aboard Air Force One en route Orlando, FL,

Moreover, only about 46.5 million people watched, according to Nielsen Media Research, fewer than the 60 million some had projected and far fewer than the record 80 million who watched then-President Carter debate Ronald Reagan in 1980.

CNN: latimes.com: In many voters' minds, debate fails in the drama department

And yet, we all know that Ms. Saul has every expectation that Governor Romney will outscore the President in debate points just as Governor Granholm suspects that Mr. Obama will more than hold his own when the two candidates hit the stage in Denver.

FORBES: Enough With The All Too Transparent Downplaying Of Debate Expectations