[knarf]

PEOPLE ARE NOT 16" ON CENTER

START TALKING/ARGUEING/DEBATING ....

WHEN IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER

IF A POLITICIAN CAN'T GET IN THE RING FOR 12 ROUNDS

HE AIN'T WORTH MY TIME

WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AMERICA

NOT WIN AN ELECTION

[dp0622]

Have George Stephonopolous and Brian Wilson mediate the debates. One’s impartial and the other’s a war hero.

[GoldenPup]

Mostly drooling lib BS. Just lock them all in a dark room, and whoever comes out after some time is the winner.

[justlurking]

Actually, I think the "chess clock" is the best idea listed.

The "debates" are just a series of pre-planned speeches. There's no need for a moderator at all. My proposal:

• Each candidate submits a series of "questions" to be asked.
• The questions are pre-recorded by a voice actor, and readied for playback.
• At the beginning of the debate, a candidate is chosen randomly.
• A question is chosen randomly, and the recording is played.
• The first candidate has 1 minute to answer. After 1 minute, the microphone is turned off.
• Any remaining time is "banked" for that candidate, to be added to the time allowed for his next response.
• The next candidate is chosen randomly, and has 1 minute to respond.
• Repeat until all candidates have responded.
• Choose a new question and the first candidate randomly again, and repeat.
• Repeat until enough time remains for each candidate to make a 2 minute closing statement.

This levels the playing field, and eliminates any bias by the moderator by removing the moderator altogether.

[SMARTY]

‘chess clock’?

Of course, they NEED a way to pre-empt whatever Conservative/Republican candidates are saying! :)

[txrefugee]

You can skip all the debates. No matter who participates and how they are configured, the Democrat media will be unimpressed by the GOP candidates, and their only interest will be in who they can crucify for making “gaffes.”

Hillary could fall down dead drunk when taking the stage, and they would compliment her on her brevity. This is a rigged game that serious candidates should refuse to play.

[C210N]

The clock might work well for many candidates, if it is not wound or powered.

Those listening would know that, like clockwork, the candidate talking would be right at two points during the day.

[pfony1]

I’d like to see each candidate, one after another, spend 5 minutes answering one question: What would YOU do to “fix” America?

From those short speeches, we citizens SHOULD learn what each candidates thinks are America’s biggest problems, and learn how deeply each has thought about the problem and his or her proposed solution to that problem.

For example, JEB has such a superficial understanding of “Common Core”, that, IMHO, he will self-destruct, if he tries to “sell” it.

[Impy]

Stack the audience with conservatives, give them little buttons to push when they don’t like something said by one of the candidates. If enough are pressed, a bucket of slime falls on the candidate’s head. For a second offense the candidate falls through a trap door, bye bye.

[TomasUSMC]

Use alternate formats for some of the debates, including a chess clock model that gives each candidate an equal amount of time to draw upon.

GOOD IDEA

Ability to utilize time efficiently is an important mental asset. When they hit that button, it kills or activates their mike. If they run out of time ....they will look like the fool they are.