Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate « Thread Started on Jul 28, 2007, 12:15pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated PressThe Democratic presidential hopefuls appeared Thursday night at Howard University for their third debate. It was televised nationally by PBS. By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENYPublished: June 29, 2007read at source> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/us/po ... WASHINGTON, June 28 — For 90 minutes Thursday night, eight Democratic candidates debated before an audience made up largely of one of their party’s most reliable and liberal constituencies, African-American voters, and used the stage to urge a revitalization of domestic programs they said had faltered under President Bush.They called for spending more on schools in poor neighborhoods to lower class sizes and raising salaries for teachers to prevent a drain of educators from inner-city schools. They called for rolling back tax cuts on the wealthy to pay for expanded health care and provide job training. The debate was held here on the campus of Howard University, a historically black college. It was the third Democratic presidential debate of the campaign, but the first one dedicated largely to domestic issues and particularly the problems facing minorities.