Opinion: A pictorial history of past debates ... check it out

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Now that the first general-election debate of the 2008 presidential campaign is in the books, ready for a trip down memory lane of past encounters?

Elsewhere on our site, a 10-picture photo gallery (complete with brief historic notes) should scratch that itch.

It starts with the 1960 faceoff between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy, then picks up with the 1976 Gerald Ford-Jimmy Carter forum. Why the gap? Because the 1964, ’68 and ’72 campaigns were debate-free.

-- Don Frederick