I think they should be there. You wouldn’t believe the number of people I meet who have never heard of Bubba’s antics. The Benghazi families and survivors also need to be there. These debates are theater not academic intellectual contests. To most voters arguing about and/or attacking and defending policy is akin to Renaissance theological debates on how many angels dance on the head of a pin. Even if the media discuss how deplorable (There’s that word again!) it is that Trump has them there. It at least will be discussed and out there for people to then make up there own minds.
They do this at the state of the union.
Seeing real people and putting a human face to a tradgey though is different and oh the wonderful scandal on top of a huge event.
I think one of the many reasons why Trump does so well is he viscerally understands the calculus of desire and how to ride and control/shape the wave of what people want.
Should be fun to watch