President Joe Biden took the offensive and proposed two debates with Donald Trump, outside of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has set the standard since 1988.
The first debate will be on Thursday June 27, sponsored by CNN; and the second debate will be on Tuesday September 10, sponsored by ABC News.
The debates will have no audiences, and will be two hours long, with the plan to shut off microphones to prevent either candidate from interfering with the other candidate speaking.
And there will be, according to the plan, no third party candidate, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. participating in the debate, as only a true lunatic would think that RFK Jr. is a serious contender for the Presidency!
The setup for the debates will be similar to those of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the first such televised debates in 1960.
Some Senate Democrats are skeptical about the polling. I’m skeptical about the polling as well.
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/19/biden-senators-swing-states-polling
Team Biden-Harris has raised $192 million, the highest total of any Democratic candidate in history at this point in the cycle.
Trump is getting support from billionaire donors. Team Biden-Harris is getting support from grassroots donors.
https://bluevirginia.us/2024/05/team-biden-harris-enters-june-ahead-of-trump-with-192m-war-chest
RFK Jr is being funded by billionaire Trump mega-donors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-tim-mellon-a-trump-megadonor-gave-another-dollar5m-to-rfk-jr