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The Ticket: Debate Prep

This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott take us back in time for a review of classic presidential debate moments. And they interview GOP consultant Deirdre Delisi about what the candidates are doing to get ready for the first GOP debate.

By Ben Philpott, KUT News, and Jay Root, The Texas Tribune
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This week on The Ticket: Debate Prep! Deirdre Delisi, a Republican consultant and staffer for the Rick Perry 2012 presidential campaign, takes us into the campaign back rooms to tell us what candidates are doing to get ready for the first GOP debate. She’ll also relive what it was like backstage when the former Texas governor forgot that third agency he wanted to eliminate. And on Stump Interrupted, Jay and Ben take us back in time for a review of classic debate moments.

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