Of course..... why would any politician want to Debate the issues in an Election year and present his case to the people whom he represents? This is the 21st Century, just play politics, duck and dodge the people to hold onto your Seat. Hell yeah; that’s the way it should be in this great Republic. Thanks for reminding us.
(Sarc.)
The rule in politics is if you are way ahead, you don’t debate.
If you are way behind, you want a weekly or even a daily debate.
If you want to know who is behind all you have to do is see how eagarly they want to debate.