UPDATE: A 4th debate hosted by CT Bloggers

by: Chris Casey

Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 15:53:23 PM EDT

UPDATE: SCHLESINGER IS IN

LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!  Bloggers who are integral to the CT Blog Scene and/or have sway with either campaign please email me ASAP with your contact information so we can start to pull this togeather.(mom, dad, ATalbot, BranfordBoy, Scarce, Mel_Gibson, sufi, spazeboy others (you know who you are))   Lets shoot for next Wednesday.  I will try to secure a possible venue (I am thinking Westport Town Hall or a public school auditorium)

My email: cc.chriscasey@gmail.com

Mr. Casey,

Thank you so much for offering this to Mr. Schlesinger!  He is very interested in this idea, and wants you to know that he would be in complete agreement with a 4th debate hosted by the Connecticut bloggers.  Please let us know as soon as possible the response you recieve from the other campaigns.

Our phone number is XXX-XXX-XXXX(redacted).  Please keep in contact by phone or e-mail as you recieve more information.

Thanks again!
-Elissa Voccola
Schlesinger Campaign Staff

my letter to the Schlesinger camp:

To Whom it May Concern:

After watching last evenings debate between your candidate, Alan Schlesinger, and the Democratic and Independent candidates for US Senate, it became clear the Mr. Schlesinger would not mind participating in a fourth debate.  Would Mr. Schlesinger agree to a debate hosted by the bloggers of Connecticut?  The format would be informal (similar to that of last nights debate), with cumulative time limits and questions posed by a panel of local print and television journalists.  The moderator would also be a non-bias third party (in all likely hood a journalist or TV anchor).

The debate would be shot in a similar fashion to the previous debates, multiple cameras in front of a live audience, but instead of being syndicated live it would be available online through a video hosting service such as youtube.com or google video.

Please let me know if this is of interest to your candidate who seemed willing to participate in another debate and has agreed to interviews for blogs in the past.  If you would respond as soon as possible it would be much appreciated as there is little time remaining before November 7th.

Thanks,
Chris Casey
Connecticut Blogger

My Letter to the Lieberman Camp

To Whom it May Concern:

After watching last evenings debate between your candidate, Joe Lieberman, and the Democratic and Republican candidates for US Senate, the prospect of a possible 4th debate was raised.  Would Senator Lieberman agree to a debate hosted by the bloggers of Connecticut?  The format would be informal (similar to that of last nights debate), with cumulative time limits and questions posed by a panel of local print and television journalists (not bloggers).  The moderator would also be a non-bias third party (in all likely hood a journalist or TV anchor).

The debate would be shot in a similar fashion to the previous debates, multiple cameras in front of a live audience, but instead of being syndicated live it would be available online through a video hosting service such as youtube.com or google video.

Please let me know if this is of interest to your candidate who I'm sure would appreciate the opportunity to participate in a historic first in the world of politics.  If you would respond as soon as possible it would be much appreciated as there is little time remaining before November 7th.

Thanks,
Chris Casey
Connecticut Blogger

My letter to Tom Swan:

Mr. Swan:

After watching last evenings debate between your candidate, Ned Lamont, and the CFL and Republican candidates for US Senate, it became clear the Mr. Lamont would not mind participating in a fourth debate.  Would Mr. Lamont agree to a debate hosted by the bloggers of Connecticut?  The format would be informal (similar to that of last night's debate), with cumulative time limits and questions posed by a panel of local print and television journalists.  The moderator would also be a non-bias third party (in all likely hood a journalist or TV anchor).

The debate would be shot in a similar fashion to the previous debates, multiple cameras in front of a live audience, but instead of being syndicated live it would be available online through a video hosting service such as youtube.com or google video.

Please let me know if this is of interest to your candidate who seemed willing to participate in another debate and has agreed to interviews for blogs in the past.  If you would respond as soon as possible it would be much appreciated as there is little time remaining before November 7th.
Thanks,
Chris Casey
Connecticut Blogger

now, does anyone have any contacts at Local print and TV media or does anyone want to start cold calling to find potential panelists to ask questions?  This could ver well be historic!