Would you like to see that kind of debate?
2007-07-16 15:52:36 · 15 answers · asked by douglas j 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I want to see it too. They should just pick one from each and have them debate. Then choose three more and so on...
2007-07-16 15:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by FunkBucket111 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unlikely that the candidates would agree to a multi-party debate in the primary. It is hard enough making distinctions with your fellow Democrats or fellow Republicans without having to respond to arguments from the other side.
After the primaries, it is a matter of negotiations between the two nominees and the Bipartisan Commission on Debates. As that name should indicate, it is not exactly a neutral body and has rarely allowed third party candidates to participate. Because they have to get the news media to cover the debates, the Bipartisan Commission has agreed to standards for when a third party is allowed to participate but they are rather high -- requiring both being on the ballot in a substantial number of states and doing well enough in the polls to be a "legitimate" contender.
Of the candidates currently being mentioned as an independent candidate or as a nominee of the third party, it is unlikely that anyone other than Bloomberg could meet those standards.
2007-07-16 18:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will, they always do. When the fields narrow we'll start to see a lot of these debates. They can't handle the separate debates now with all the candidates and give them more than a minute to speak. It's really counterproductive to have party debates until the fields narrow.
2007-07-16 19:01:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a 0.33-occasion candidate had finished properly in early primaries, then he or she would have been secure in next debates. yet television isn't a medium that lends itself to a debate with a forged of hundreds. For one element, the content textile has a tendency to get drowned out with the help of snickering on the crackpots. cyber web-based debates or Q&A, on the different hand, ought to correctly be available, and is an astounding concept. The moderator ought to pose a question to all of the applicants, and the applicants would have a set time to respond. Then visitors on the information superhighway ought to component and click on the clips of the responses that they are attracted to seeing.
2016-09-30 03:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by palomares 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be a contender! There have been presidential debates with Independents involved
Their main problem is that can't get enough signatures to get on the ballots of all the states, nor can they raise enough money to run!
Independents are not a party!
2007-07-16 15:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will after the primaries and party conventions when there is one candidate from each party chosen. With all the players in the different party races right now it would be too hard to have such a debate.
2007-07-16 16:01:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are too many candidates now! The candidates only answer a few questions each. Once the parties have elected candidates and narrowed the numbers then there will be bi patrician debates
2007-07-16 15:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by Parrot Bay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will when the candidates narrow down. The current debates are essentially information gathering sessions.
2007-07-16 15:55:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They will after the primaries. Right now they're battling for their party's nomination. After the candidates for each party are nominated, they will all debate.
2007-07-16 15:56:16 · answer #9 · answered by SJ Hockey Fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but currently there would be waaaaay to many people there. I am happy to see them debate themselves until we can pare it down to no more than two or three on each side. They all spew the same crap anyways.
2007-07-16 15:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋