U.S. Republican presidential hopeful John McCain proposed to have 10 town-hall-style forums with his Democratic rival Barack Obama starting June 12, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
McCain said he wanted "no process questions from reporters, no spin room."
Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe called the idea of joint forums "appealing", saying that Obama would favor a "less structured" format.
Analysts said the proposal is McCain's first chess move of the general election, an invitation to get Obama on McCain's most comfortable turf.
A CBS News poll out Thursday showed Obama led McCain 48 percent to 42 percent nationally.
However, the results contain troubling signs for Obama as 12 percent of Democrats say they will support McCain in the general election.
Nearly a quarter of the supporters of senator Hillary Clinton, Obama's rival in the Democratic Party, told pollesters they will back McCain instead of Obama in the general election.
McCain also led Obama by 8 points among registered independent voters, considered a key voting block in November.
In May, the Republican senator from Arizona raised more than 20million U.S. dollars, his biggest monthly haul to date.
In total, he has now raised more than 110 million dollars for his campaign, less than half of the 256 million dollars taken through April 30 by Obama.
Source:Xinhua
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