For the next debate, no more boring debates

As surprising as it may be to pundits,millions of voters decide their vote solely on hot-button issues by Ken Blackwell Sunday, October 12, 2008 Dear Mr. Schieffer: You have an extraordinary opportunity that is rare in presidential politics. While every presidential debate is potentially pivotal, only rarely has one carried the potential that yours does to change the race in its closing days. Both of the previous debates have been flawed. The first debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but recent events led to the first half of the debate discussing the economy instead. The second debate was supposed to be a freewheeling townhall, but your colleague Tom Brokaw made it a stifling, over-structured affair that was anything but a townhall. As much as anything, Mr. Brokaw’s choice of topics for the second debate robbed... [read full story]