“we should probably start seeing a series of more Lincoln-Douglas (one-on-one)style real debates”
This would be great. I seem to recall Fred T saying as much a short time ago in a interview. Not likely to happen though as no one wants to be really specific on issues these days. Vague, general, please the crowd answers seem to be the order of the day in debates.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were marathons, physically and mentally. Fred would be snoring away in his hammock long before the utterance of the last word.