Contact National CPD Debate Sponsors
On September 17th, 2008, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) issued its formal invitation to those candidates "who meet the criteria" for inclusion in the debates. The press release marking the invitation read, in part:
Pursuant to the criteria, which were publicly announced on November 19, 2007, those candidates qualify for debate participation who (1) are constitutionally eligible to hold the office of President of the United States; (2) have achieved ballot access in a sufficient number of states to win a theoretical Electoral College majority in the general election; and (3) have demonstrated a level of support of at least 15 percent of the national electorate, as determined by five selected national public opinion polling organizations, using the average of those organizations’ most recent publicly-reported results.
The Board of Directors of the CPD convened today to apply the criteria with the assistance of the Editor-In-Chief of the Gallup Polling Organization, Dr. Frank Newport. Of the declared candidates, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain were found to have satisfied all three criteria Accordingly, Senator Obama and his running mate, Senator Joe Biden, and Senator John McCain and his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin, qualify to participate in the September 26 presidential debate and the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate, respectively. No other candidates satisfied the criteria for inclusion in the September 26 and Oct. 2 debates.
Contact these national debate sponsors to let them know that you object to the rationing of political speech and the disregard shown by the CPD for the opinions of the majority of American voters!
Anheuser-Busch Companies
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, MO 63118
800-342-5283
E-mail Contact Form: http://contactus.anheuser-busch.com/Contactus/email.asp
Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) New York
BBH New York
32 Avenues of the Americas, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10013
212-812-6600
212-242-4110 Fax
http://www.bartleboglehegarty.com/#/northamerica
E-Mail Bruce Wellington: bruce.wellington@bbh-usa.com
The Howard G. Buffet Foundation
158 W Prairie Ave, Suite 107
Decatur, IL 62523-1442
Also:
121 S 51st St
Omaha, NE 68132
402-556-6641
Sheldon S. Cohen, Esq.
Farr, Miller & Washington
1020 19th Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
800-390-3277
202-530-5600
202-530-5508 Fax
Email: sscohen@farrmiller.com
EDS (an HP Company)
5400 Legacy Drive
Plano, TX 75024
800-566-9337
972-604-6000
Email Contact Form: https://www.eds.com/ssl/forms/contact/index.aspx
http://www.eds.com/
International Bottled Water Association
1700 Diagonal Road
Suite 650
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-683-5213
703-683-4074 Fax
Email: ibwainfo@bottledwater.org
800-WATER-11 (Information Hotline)
http://bottledwater.org
The Kovler Fund
aka Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship
c/o John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
617-514-1624
617-514-1625 Fax
Email: kennedy.library@nara.gov
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-854-9400
650-854-4800 Fax
Additional Mailing Address:
1330 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-5270
202-347-5274 Fax
YWCA USA
1015 18th Street NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
202-467-0801
202-467-0802 Fax
E-mail: communications@ywca.org
http://www.ywca.org
