I just hope we see an actual debate instead of a bunch of speeches.
The Dems did little but parrot their memorized canned responses, and most of those were vague. None of them actually broke from the pack. Obama showed that his responses were relatively shallow. He needs more depth to show his something more than an empty-suit ala John Kerry with 19 years of do-nothing in the Senate.
mainepatsfan — the rules are pretty strict. I watched the Dem Debate a few days ago.
The candidates have a light they watch — that goes yellow, then red. I believe they have only one minute to answer questions. They have 30 seconds for a rebuttal.
The questions have been preselected by a large alliance of news reporters.
This year, the general public will also have their questions read. I believe about 30 public questions have been selected from the MSNBC website.