You’re right, Obama can’t debate. In his responses to Hillary, he just ran words together in a soothing tone and said nothing. She must have been hugely frustrated. My favorite response was when the whole big issue of licenses for illegals came up and Hillary went into a lengthy rant about how wrong it was and she’ll NEVER grant them. Obama just said, “I will” and nothing was ever made of it.
If you’re implying that Newt can debate, I remember a debate he had with Bill Clinton in which Newt did so badly that Clinton actually looked Presidential for the first time since the 1994 election.