Stalemate: Bush rejects the terms put forward by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, objecting to the dates, moderators, and formats; Clinton had agreed to the schedule, and his supporters, dressed as chickens, appear at Bush's campaign rallies.
22 September 1992
First debate cancelled: Clinton appears in East Lansing, Michigan, where the first of three debates had been scheduled by the commission, to emphasize Bush's failure to agree to terms.
