I’ve advocated for some mixed party debates for years. It would be nice to see how candidates do against the opposition before we’re stuck with a single candidate who gets his ass handed to him in the first time he encounters a democrat.
Cool Hand Ted will have the excitable Comrade Bernie spluttering with righteous Red rage within seconds.
“Warmongering capitalist pigs like you should be shot!!!” I can hear Sanders going bonkers at Cruz.
IIRC, one of Ted’s skills as a debater is a sort of ju-jitsu where he turns his opponent against the opponent’s own arguments.
It will be fun to watch. Sanders’ hatred for those who disagree with him will quickly boil over into a geezerish rant.
“What do you know about poverty!? I was in the Bonus March!!”
Both parties have made clear that if candidates appear in unsanctioned debates, they will be barred from any official debates. <<
And that is why Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are the Party Candidates. Making an agreement like that is only in the interest of the parties, not the voters.
DK