1. Streaming video: Boston BBN Election Debate
Last week, the Boston Bates Business Network attracted about 70 people to its first event for 2004-05: A debate on the presidential race between Darrell Crate '89, chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party and Barbara Raths '96, former chair of the Maine Democratic Party. The debate was moderated by Jon Marcus '82, editor of Boston Magazine.

While the entire debate lasted about an hour, you can view the video segments by topics: job growth, education, health, care, energy policy, politics and democracy, and some audience questions. www.bates.edu/bbn-debate.xml