UNUSUAL DEBATE RULES

TUESDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE BETWEEN CHRISTIE VILSACK AND STEVE KING WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THEIR PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS.

BEFORE THE DEBATE, CITADEL BROADCASTING PRESIDENT RAY COLE ADMONISHED THE CROWD TO NOT CLAP, CHEER OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS DURING THE DEBATE, SO PANELISTS FROM HIS SPONSORING TV STATIONS KCAU AND WOI, ALONG WITH THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL, COULD ASK MORE QUESTIONS.

THE DEBATE MODERATORS ASKED THE CROWD TO BE QUIET A FEW TIMES DURING THE DEBATE.

ALSO, EACH CANDIDATE WAS ABLE TO CHOOSE AN AUDIENCE MEMBER TO ASK A QUESTION OF THEIR OPPONENT. VILSACK CHOSE BETH NORTON, A STUDENT FROM MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE, TO ASK KING HIS PLAN TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY COLLEGE STUDENTS.

KING PICKED MORNINGSIDE PROFESSOR AND KSCJ RADIO HOST SAM CLOVIS TO ASK VILSACK A QUESTION REGARDING BALANCING THE BUDGET:



VILSACK INSTEAD LEVELED A CHARGE AT KING:



KING COUNTERED BY STANDING BY HIS VOTING RECORD:



THE ONE HOUR DEBATE TOOK PLACE AT MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE.