No PUBLIC TICKETS for Obama/Hillary Debate

[Mr.Wizard]

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Attendance to the Feb. 21 Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton debate at the University of Texas Recreational Sports Center will be by invitation only, said Hector Nieto of the Texas Democratic Party.

“There are no public tickets,” he said. “The majority of the people invited are going to be elected officials.”

The Democratic Party will host a watch party, Nieto said. He said he’ll have details soon on that.

 

[SomeMildLanguage]

The Rec Center?

 

[TheTresLeches]

LBJ Auditorium is still undergoing renovations. Bass is a construction zone. I don't know what is in the Rec Center.

 

[SubliminalHorn]

I guess the basketball courts?

This sucks.

 

[Super]

Ahhh, the TDP. Karl Rove's most versatile garden tool.

Elected officials, eh? Jackasses.

 

[TxArch]

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[washparkhorn]

They don't want the riff-raff interrupting important business.

 

[Longhorn_Fan68]

This sucks. So where is the watching party?

 

[HornsInTheHouse]

UT should demand at least some tickets for students as part of the deal for them hosting the debate. Have they ever hosted campus events where students aren't welcome at all?

 

[Longhorn_Fan68]

Most football games.

 

[naked_bongo]

Scholtz's. Obama has had numerous parties there already - there was a big crowd on hand for Super Tuesday, should be the same for this.

 

[bozo_casanova]

Another good example of the tone-deaf, chamber-of-commerce-level hackery that is produced 0-fer Statewide victories since 1994.

TDP = a Republican front organization.

 

[washparkhorn]

My guess is the Clinton campaign didn't want a "public" event. Too much heckling.

 

[TheTresLeches]

That's where Kerry had an event before so the TDP was already familiar with the venue. The event was going to be at UT, it's just that the two most logical venues, LBJ and Bass are both in the middle of renovations and unavailable for use.

Scholz's? Yeah, that'd look great on TV.

 

[TexasDan]

Yeah, why would you let the public attend a presidential debate.

 

[HornsInTheHouse]

What hall are they thinking of in the Recreational Sports Center? There's a big one where they play ping-pong, but it's not nearly big enough for a debate with all the podiums and broadcasting equipment.

 

[Tandoori Horn]

So is the weight room going to be closed next Thursday?

 

[dognduckhorn]

Not the party (or so they say) but CNN:
OK, lots of people are clearly not happy about the news that there will be no public tickets to the Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama debate at the University of Texas Recreational Sports Center.

All of you who wanted to go have another option. The watch party sponsored by the Texas Democratic Party will be open to the public. But here’s the catch: it will cost $50.

The gathering will be at the Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs Road, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., said Hector Nieto of the Texas Democratic Party.

Nieto said it wasn’t the state Democratic Party’s idea not to invite the public to the debate. CNN officials “were the ones doing all the logistics on this,” he said.

Nieto said Clinton and Obama have been invited to attend the watch party after the debate.

For the $50 entry fee, you get light food and drinks, Nieto said.

 

[TrashMaster G]

They don't need a very big space. Heck, there's a conference room here at my office that could seat all the elected Democrats in the state.

 

[Jive_Turkey]

Hogg Auditorium would seem like a good spot.