The Des Moines Register Presidential Debate to be held Dec. 19, 2011
Des Moines, IA– With recent confirmation of the Iowa caucuses date, The Des Moines Register has set its date for the Republican presidential candidate debate: Monday, Dec. 19. As announced in May, The Des Moines Register will partner with Iowa Public Television, PBS NEWSHOUR, Google and YouTube for this independent debate.The debate will be held from 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. CST at Iowa Public Television, 6450 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa. Voters will have the opportunity to share ideas for questions directly through the Google and YouTube platform.
Judy Woodruff, PBS NEWSHOUR senior correspondent, will moderate the debate. Woodruff has covered national politics in addition to other domestic and international news for more than three decades at PBS, NBC and CNN.
“The Des Moines Register continues its long history of hosting the presidential candidate debates and, most important, the responsibility of providing Americans with insightful coverage of the Republican presidential candidates before the Iowa caucuses,” said Rick Green, editor of The Des Moines Register.
"The upcoming caucus and presidential cycle promises to be critically important for our country. We're especially pleased that we will be teaming with several partners -- Iowa Public Television, PBS NEWSHOUR, Google and YouTube -- who will make this great Register tradition, which started in 1980, even more relevant for voters across Iowa and the nation. It's very exciting that we'll be working with Judy Woodruff, a top-notch and seasoned pro on the national political scene, as our moderator,” Green added.
The Iowa caucuses are scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.
Des
Moines, IA– The Des Moines Register will hold a Republican
presidential
candidate debate on Thursday, January 12, 2012. The Des Moines Register
will partner with PBS NEWSHOUR, Iowa Public Television, Google and
YouTube for this independent debate.
The debate will be held at
Iowa Public Television, 6450 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa. Voters
will have the opportunity to share ideas directly with the debate
moderator on Google and YouTube’s platform.
Judy Woodruff, PBS
NEWSHOUR senior correspondent, will moderate the debate. Woodruff has
covered politics and other news for more than three decades at CNN, NBC
and PBS.
“The Des Moines Register continues its long history
of hosting the presidential candidate debates and, most important, the
responsibility of providing Americans with insightful coverage of the
Republican presidential candidates before the Iowa caucuses,” said Rick
Green, editor of The Des Moines Register.
"The upcoming caucus
and presidential cycle promises to be critically important for our
country. We're especially pleased that we will be teaming with several
partners -- PBS NEWSHOUR, Iowa Public Television, Google and YouTube --
who will make this great Register tradition, which started in 1980,
even more relevant for voters across Iowa and the nation. It's very
exciting that we'll be working with Judy Woodruff, a top-notch and
seasoned pro on the national political scene, as our moderator,” Green
added.
The Iowa caucuses are currently scheduled for Feb. 6, 2012.
“PBS
NEWSHOUR is thrilled to be partnering with The Des Moines Register,
Iowa Public Television and Google/YouTube on the Register’s highly
respected debate. Judy’s decades of commitment to excellence and
fairness in covering presidential politics is a perfect match for the
Register’s serious approach to illuminating the issues and candidates
driving the first-in-the-nation contest on the eve of the crucial Iowa
caucuses,” PBS NEWSHOUR executive producer Linda Winslow said. “Iowans
are well known for questioning, poking, and prodding the presidential
contenders for the benefit of voters across the nation and PBS NEWSHOUR
is eager to help place The Des Moines Register debate before a national
audience,” she added.
“For decades, Iowans have trusted The Des
Moines Register and Iowa Public Television to present informative and
high-quality debates among candidates for high office,” said Daniel K.
Miller, executive director and general manager of Iowa Public
Television. “With the addition of the PBS NEWSHOUR and Google/YouTube,
this debate will provide voters around the country the opportunity to
hear from the candidates in the final days of the campaign in Iowa.”
“Voters
across Iowa trust The Des Moines Register to deliver top quality
journalism, and we’re pleased to work with the Register on a debate for
the first-in-the-nation caucus,” said Ginny Hunt, Google product
manager for elections. “Working together with the team at the Register,
Google and YouTube are helping transform the political process from one
that voters watch from afar to one that Iowans can participate in,
engage with and shape in a democratic way.”
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