Debates were destroyed over several years of horribly biased “moderators” who were openly hostile to whoever was most conservative and least loyal to the swamp. And legitimate 3rd party candidates who qualified were simply excluded. This also happened in party debates where candidates who meet every qualifier were arbitrary excluded.
The league of women’s voters and party machines destroyed them.
Glad to see them gone. They do not bear the slightest resemblance to Lincoln Douglas
I have felt that way since Reagan ran in 1980. Every four years, I would stew that Republicans were so stupid they would agree to these idiotic, biased (against them) events, when they should have been sitting them out.