(LegalLaw247.com, March 07, 2012 ) Portland, Oregon - Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, and Ralph Hallow, Chief Political Correspondent from the Washington Times, have been selected to moderate the Oregon Republican Presidential Debate, March 19, 2012 6 pm PST (9 pm EST) the Oregon Republican Party Chairman Allen Alley announced today. Invitations to the debate, which is sanctioned by the Republican National Committee, have been sent to the candidates; responses are pending.
The leading candidates vying for the Republican Presidential nomination will have an opportunity to discuss the issues in a live, 90- minute televised debate. The Oregon Debate will air live on PBS and NPR stations nationwide and can be heard on Voice of America and Armed Forces Radio and Television worldwide. PBS stations are making this program available to Hispanic audiences through closed captioning and live language translation on a secondary audio channel.
This debate is a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting with the Washington Times, organized by the Oregon Republican Party, and sanctioned by the Republican National Committee.
The setting for this 90-minute debate is a round table with Suarez and Hallow and the candidates, in front of an audience of approximately 120, The debate format is designed to create an intimate conversation for an in-depth discussion of the issues. The debate will have no breaks.
This debate will be a departure from previous Republican Presidential Debates in that candidates will be asked to focus less on the each others positions and more on an in-depth discussion of the issues facing Americas future. Portland, Oregon, a city known for its forward thinking views on trade, technology, the environment and international economic competitiveness, provides an excellent setting for what may be the most important discussion of the issues facing Americans during the 2012 Republican Primary, Chairman Alley concluded.
Chairman Alley is available for additional comments and on-camera interviews. Please contact the Oregon Republican Party at (503) 595-8882.
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Contact: Greg Leo, Oregon Republican Party
(503) 804-6391 - Greg@orgop.org
Pat Kruis, Oregon Public Broadcasting
(503) 293-1933 - pkruis@opb.org
Brian Bauman, The Washington Times
(202) 636-4731 - bbauman@washingtontimes.com
Oregon Republican Party
Greg Leo
(503) 804-6391
Greg@orgop.org
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