Friday, September 21, 2012
U.S. Senator Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren squared off in their first debate Thursday night.
Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown faced off against Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren Thursday night in a debate televised by WBZ-TV. The Thursday debate was the first of four planned tilts between the candidates, and it saw disagreement between the two on just about every topic. Polls have seesawed over the last week, with Brown and Warren swapping small leads, as they have throughout the campaign. The debates may provide one or the other an opportunity to change voter minds and swing the election his or her way. Central to Thursday's debate was the focus on taxes, jobs and the economy. "He has said he will defend the top 2 percent and the top 3 percent...and will hold the other 98 percent of families hostage," Warren said, …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The two candidates for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts faced off in their first live debate on Thursday night.
Stark differences came out early and often between U.S. Senate candidates Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown in their first debate, with disagreements on everything from tax policy and job creation to women's rights. Over and over during the Thursday debate at the WBZ-TV studios in Brighton, Warren chose to bring up Brown's voting record, and Brown chose to point out that Warren's plan would raise taxes on everyone and stifle job creation. "He has said he will defend the top 2 percent and the top 3 percent...and will hold the other 98 percent of families hostage," Warren said, referencing Brown's position against extending the Bush-era tax cuts unless it also contained cuts for the country's top earners. Brown countered by noting that …
"People have sent me down here -- and that’s to vote,” Brown said in an interview with the Boston Globe when there was the possibility Thursday that he could not make it back to Boston for Thursday night's debate.
For a time on Thursday, there was a possibility that U.S. Senator Scott Brown may not have made it to tonight's debate in Boston versus challenger Elizabeth Warren due to a scheduling conflict in Washington. Brown told the Boston Globe that if there are senate votes scheduled through the rest of the afternoon, he would have to miss the debate. "Voting is 'the one thing that I can’t delegate to the staff," he told the Globe. "I’ve only missed one vote." Brown told the Globe he would attempt to make a 4:30 p.m. plane so he could make it to WBZ studios by 7 p.m. for the flight. But he said his first priority is to vote. At 4 p.m., WBZ tweeted that Brown has had boarded a plane and was en route to Boston. He will be at tonight's debate. …
The two candidates for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts will square off for the first time in a live televised debate at the WBZ studios in Boston on Thursday.
U.S. Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will go head to head on Thursday night in a live televised debate at WBZ studios in Boston. The debate, the first in a series of four, will take place on Sept. 20 from 7 to 8 p.m. on WBZ-TV, WBZ Newsradio 1030 and CBSBoston.com. Jon Keller, WBZ-TV News’ Political Analyst will serve as moderator of the debate. “Debates are an opportunity to get beyond the sound bites and find out where the candidates really stand,” Brown said in a statement. “... I am pleased to accept this TV debate offer so that Massachusetts voters will be able to see these differences for themselves.” Warren told CBS Boston she plans to “Talk about what I’ve been talking about all around the Commonwealth for a …
