Aaron Zelinsky '02 and Mark Samburg '03 Talk Presidential Debates

The 2008 Presidential Election is over, but the election debates were still the talk of assembly on Friday, November 14. Alumni Aaron Zelinsky '02 and Mark Samburg '03, editors of "The Presidential Debate Blog," returned to the Hill to shed some light on the role of debates in presidential elections. They also shared video clips of a few of their favorite debate moments and offered predictions about the future of debating in politics.

Watch their assembly presentation:  Part 1; Part 2 (these are .wmv files and will take a minute to load before playing). Note: you can view the individual video clips that Aaron and Mark showed during their presentation by viewing this specific blog post.

Aaron Zelinsky (Editor) is a member of the Yale Law School class of 2010. He was a member of the Yale Debate Team from 2002-2006, and was the founder and director of the New Haven Urban Debate League. He commented on the 2004 presidential debates in a variety of media including the New York Times and Le Monde. He has watched every debate of the 2007-2008 primary season and read or watched every past presidential debate.

Mark Samburg (Contributing Editor) is a member of the Harvard Law School class of 2010, and won both national and international awards as a member of the Brandeis University Debate Team. He is currently undecided as to his vote in the 2008 presidential election, and will be watching the debates closely as a result. 

(source: http://presidentialdebateblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/who-we-are.html)