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THE back-and-forth on the forensic encounters runs into layer after layer of contention, some of it embarrassing.

1) Are we exploring the question of character? That seems to be the primary objective, these days, of Candidate Bush. On Day One, Bush sponsored a heavy-handed TV political commercial in which the voice-over lady professes her concern over the unreliability of Candidate Gore, right to the point of threatening to give up television. On Day Two, Bush strikes again. He says Gore said yes, now he says no. Gore said he would debate Bush “any time, any place,” and now Gore is refusing to accept a revised schedule, featuring a proposed prime-time (NBC) version of Tim Russert’s Meet the Press and a prime-time (CNN) version of Larry King Live.

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THE back-and-forth on the forensic encounters runs into layer after layer of contention, some of it embarrassing.

1) Are we exploring the question of character? That seems to be the primary objective, these days, of Candidate Bush. On Day One, Bush sponsored a heavy-handed TV political commercial in which the voice-over lady professes her concern over the unreliability of Candidate Gore, right to the point of threatening to give up television. On Day Two, Bush strikes again. He says Gore said yes, now he says no. Gore said he would debate Bush “any time, any place,” and now Gore is refusing to accept a revised schedule, featuring a proposed prime-time (NBC) version of Tim Russert’s Meet the Press and a prime-time (CNN) version of Larry King Live.