[Victoria Delsoul]

So it adds up to this: Republican candidates and their minions have devoted the past six months to preparing for debates, debating, then talking about how the debates went.

Sad isn’t it? People are looking for a Debater in Chief: someone who can talk well, regardless of his core beliefs and convictions. A lot of Newt supporters are waiting with baited breath to see Newt debate Obama, because the entertainment value will be magnificent.

Who really cares about America? Are those searching for a glib personality to deliver debate entertainment, or those searching for a genuine conservative to captain the ship of state during these difficult times?

[smoothsailing]

Yes, it is sad. Too many people are forgetting what form of government we have. Presidents don't debate.

But making a candidate’s debating ability a major criterion for presidential status misses a point. Presidents are required to do many things, but debating is not one of them. Prime ministers debate, but we don’t have a parliamentary system.