Word: questioner
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...also sparred on the question of energy policy, which has become an issue with recent oil shortages and high oil prices. Gore said that he would focus more on changing consumption patterns, while Bush emphasized his position that the country should become less dependent on other countries for oil by doing more exploration in the United States...
Toward the end of the negotiations, representatives from the campaigns flipped a coin. The winner could choose one of four options; to be asked the first question, to be asked the second question, to deliver the first closing statement and to deliver the final closing statement...
Bush won, but to the Gore campaign's delight, he chose to give the first closing statement, allowing Gore to be asked the first question by moderator Jim Lehrer...
However, Gore was also more prone to avoiding questions--such his role in campaign finance scandals--and bending the pre-determined time limits. His non-response to the first question on Bush's experience was unfortunate, as he could have made a convincing point rather than devolving into generalities on tax cuts and Medicare reform. Yet Bush's faults were up to par with those of the vice president; Bush seemed uncomfortable and out of place in front of the camera, especially when the time limit lights came on. Bush's many vague answers may have confused the audience...
Lehrer had offered Gore a prime opportunity to highlight Bush's political inexperience in the first question of the night--but Gore took a pass...