{"id":1219,"date":"2008-10-06T08:32:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T15:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2008\/10\/_the_presidential_debates_and\/"},"modified":"2008-10-06T08:32:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T15:32:46","slug":"_the_presidential_debates_and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/_the_presidential_debates_and.php","title":{"rendered":"The candidates and the arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presidential debates and public discussions have been almost entirely arts-free this election season, as is usually the case. Economic travesty and foreign wars (as well as America’s favorite gaffs and blunders) have been clouding any such nuanced discussion of where the arts fit into national policy and international diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Americans for the Arts has been lobbying behind the scenes, to encourage the candidate’s minions to consider arts and culture. And they’ve collected a quick reference for those interested in Obama’s or McCain’s vision for (or tolerance for) arts in the national dialogue. I’ve included the table below. But you can also find it here<\/a> in PDF format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nArts Positions of the 2008 Presidential Candidates<\/strong>
\n<\/caption>\n
\n \n<\/td>\n\n

\nSen. Barack Obama
\n
\n<\/strong>Democratic Nominee\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nSen. John McCain
\n
\n<\/strong>Republican Nominee\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nCampaign has met with Americans for the Arts Action Fund to discuss policy issues.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n

\n Yes
\n
\n<\/strong>Meeting held 4\/1\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>Meeting held 4\/1\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nCampaign has published policy proposals on the arts and\/or arts education.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>Read policy proposal<\/a> 2\/28\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nNo<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nCandidate has made statement on federal support of the arts.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>View Pennsylvania speech<\/a> on 4\/2\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nNo<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nCandidate has made statement on federal support of arts education.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>View Texas speech<\/a> on 2\/28\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>Read Statement<\/a> 10\/03\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nNational party platform includes statement on the arts and\/or arts education.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>Read platform<\/a> statement on page 49\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nNo<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\nCandidate has pro-arts Congressional record.<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n

\nYes
\n
\n<\/strong>Co-sponsored S. 548<\/a>, Artist-Museum Partnership Act, 2\/25\/08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nNo
\n
\n<\/strong>Voted to cut funding or terminate the National Endowment for the Arts (see listing of votes*)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The presidential debates and public discussions have been almost entirely arts-free this election season, as is usually the case. Economic travesty and foreign wars (as well as America’s favorite gaffs and blunders) have been clouding any such nuanced discussion of where the arts fit into national policy and international diplomacy. Fortunately, Americans for the Arts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}