11.   Bush worked to retake the momentum by signaling willingness to end a stalemate over campaign debates.

12.   But despite the prominence of issues like school choice in the presidential campaign debate, he said he hoped that school construction would not become a campaign issue.

13.   But New Yorkers wishing to make an intelligent choice between the two candidates are thwarted by the absence of any campaign debates.

14.   Campaign debates are boring.

15.   Defense policy ought to be part of the campaign debate, and Cheney, as a former defense secretary, is well qualified to discuss it.

16.   Dell discounts the campaign debates in calculating odds.

17.   Democrat Jay Nixon, who is challenging Republican incumbent Kit Bond for a U.S. Senate seat, hold the second of five scheduled campaign debates.

18.   During a campaign debate just five weeks ago, Gov. John Rowland was asked what he was willing to do to lure the New England Patriots to Connecticut.

19.   Early next year, a quartet of colleges and surrounding communities will be picked to play host to campaign debates.

20.   Every presidential campaign debate is preceded by a debate over the debate, and this year is no exception.