[BuckeyeTexan]

Ping. (Interested in your thoughts about this debate.)

[nathanbedford]

Perhaps we on this thread are being a bit cynical. It might just be that neither party is calculating along the lines of the author. It might just be that Gingrich and Cain are motivated to publicly debate the issues out of a sense of fitness and respect for the office which they seek. It is actually conceivable that they are doing this without political calculation.

I have no doubt that many would find that easier to believe this of Cain than of Gingrich and I would have shared that judgment until I viewed the video of Gingrich at the College Board Education Forum. Those of you who have not seen the video might take a look and tell me if you do not see an entirely relaxed and self-possessed Newt Gingrich who is speaking out boldly without much calculation but with wit and charm to a degree that he utterly dominated his interlocutors.

Do you see a new Newt Gingrich?

I think it's entirely possible that we have two patriots doing the right thing in engaging on these issues in this kind of forum.

Link to video:

http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/video/one-candidates-take-on-education-a-sometimes-overlooked-topic/

[fightinJAG]

The original Lincoln-Douglas debate, from which this annual event gets its name.