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[eridani]

Every Nobel laureate we've spoken to has said the same thing: the next four to eight years are critical and the next president has the potential to determine the future health of all life on earth.

Last Tuesday Bill Gates testified before Congress saying that on the economic front, America "is at a crossroads" and will almost certainly become a second-rate economy without massive attention to science & engineering in schools and changes in government policies toward innovation.

http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=27

These are dire words from people who are normally cautious in language, and they are just two of the major questions that are getting virtually no discussion in our electoral process.

So on March 14, we held a high-powered press conference in Philadelphia, arguing that Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama have a moral obligation to debate these issues. It was attended by several TV and radio crews, print journalists, supporters and some terrific kids from a local science magnet high school. After all, they're the ones that are going to have to live with our failed policies.

Here's the video:
http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=22