RE: Why call ten people standing at podiums with 5-6 minutes of actual speaking time a debate?
At any rate, we had this so called “debate” before in 2012.
Off the top of my head, I can remember the following in the early debates:
Romney
Perry
Gingrich
Cain
Santorum
Bachmann
Ron Paul
Huntsman
Pawlenty
Gary Johnson
Thaddeus McCotter
Yes, I remember that and it was something but it wasn’t a real debate.