Now, you may have heard that in a few days my opponent in this election and I are going to have a debate. (Applause.) I'm looking forward to it.

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He used unethical means (pretexting) to obtain information from the Heartland Institute, which has been a consistent opponent of his in the climate change debate.

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In a televised debate two days ago, her opponent brought these facts to the discussion but Mrs.

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One surprising moment in the debate came from Majority Leader Reid, a longtime opponent of abortion.

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During one televised debate, Mr Bernstein fumbled a question posed by his opponent about water rights in northern Nevada, and seemed unable to name the counties involved in the dispute.

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In other words, Obama was headed into a debate where his premises would not be challenged, his opponent clearly does not have the same level of expertise and could only attack him on peccadilloes.

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