Newt Gingrich wants Lincoln-Douglas style debates

Daily Caller ^ | 9/14/2011 | Alex Pappas

[jageorge72]

"Gingrich, who has criticized debate moderators on more than one occasion recently, said he’s for figuring out “some model by which some people could actually have rational conversations.”

[SoJoCo]

My impression was that Douglas often won in these debates, and that Lincoln gave good speeches, but Douglas was the superior speaker.

Who won and who lost depends on whether the person voting was a Democrat or a Republican really. Both men were eloquent, but Douglas returned to the Senate because the Democrats controlled the legislature. The debates did make Lincoln a national figure.

[eyedigress]

Sorry I didn’t get back to your post sooner but I had just signed off and met the new day.

As far as what you said, it is becoming clear to me that the GOP needs this guy for a long haul. He might make a very fine President.