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Feb
12
I’ve written about Science Debate 2008 here and here. Thousands of people have signed on in support of having of the presidential candidates focus their energy for one debate on the myriad topics that involve science and technology.
Now comes word that they’ve set a date:
The organizers of a proposed science and technology debate among the presidential candidates have set a date, April 18, and place, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. This would be four days before the Pennsylvania primary.
The group, ScienceDebate2008.com, has sent invitations to each of the remaining candidates.
Now the big question is whether their handlers will allow them to engage the thorniest scientific issues — like the dribble of money that the United States has invested in energy research through Republican and Democratic administrations and Congresses; fetal rights and embryonic stem cell research; the need to add a cost to burning fossil fuels; reconciling science with belief in an all-powerful deity; the theory of evolution, which so many Americans (read voters) reject; etc.
The rest of the piece is worth reading too. As they ask in the end, “If you were an adviser to one of the front-tier candidates, what would you suggest?”
Hattip Amy Gahran at Contentious.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:16 pm February 12th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Debates, Elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Media, Mike Huckabee, Politics, Tech, WH2008
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