The invitations have been sent, the date and venue scheduled, and already the blogosphere and beyond are ablaze! Hot off the Greenwire, Lauren Morello, reported:
A group of scientists, journalists and lawmakers pressing for a presidential science debate said today it is planning to hold the event at a Philadelphia science museum in April, just before the Pennsylvania primary. The Franklin Institute will host the April 18 event, which organizers hope to broadcast on national television and the Internet. Pennsylvania's presidential primary is just four days later, the group noted in its official invitation to Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R).
Over at Daily Kos:
Official invitations have reportedly gone out to Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Huckabee for Science Debate 2008. Please, please, let Huckabee hang in there long enough to attend a science debate.
You read that right: this is for realz. We want the candidates to stand on stage and talk about their stance on various topics in science, and discuss the policies they have about scientific issues. We already know how many of them feel on various issues, but this would be a chance for them to debate, air out their policies, and see who stands where.
Jeff Masters' Wunderground:
We need your help to make this debate happen! Contact the campaigns of the candidates to ask them to participate in the debate, sign a petition to approve of the debate, or write a letter to the editor of your local paper.
Andrew Revkin of Dot Earth asks:
If you were an adviser to one of the front-tier candidates, what would you suggest?
We'll add more links as they come in... Not bad for a Monday morning, eh?
