From: "Mark" 


"Geo."  wrote in message news:415e0124{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:415cc79c{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> I also thought that the debate format worked quite well this time
>
> I think a debate should be a debate, they should not have the questions
> beforehand. What you saw was not a debate, it was a scripted TV show.

They didn't have the questions beforehand. But I agree, it'd have been nice
if they'd set it up with 90 seconds each for replies, then a 2 minute free
for all between the two candidates with a buzzer and microphone cutout at
the end of the 2 minutes, then repeat.

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