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The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has adopted a new rule ahead of Thursday’s second and final presidential debate and will silence the microphone of the candidate who does not have the floor during the uninterrupted two-minute periods at the start of each segment. The Commission cited their prior announcement to consider “additional structure” to future debates following the first presidential debate with moderator Chris Wallace. The first debate saw several interruptions from both candidates and Wallace. While Joe Biden (D) set the tone by interrupting first, Wallace later stated that Trump bore the “primary responsibility” for what occurred during...

The final presidential debate of the 2016 presidential election is over and according to pollster Frank Luntz and his focus group, Trump was the winner of tonight's debate. That being said, it was close. href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DebateNight?src=hash">#DebateNight pic.twitter.com/jDV5RP9eno— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) October 20, 2016 The other winner of the night is moderator Chris Wallace, who did an excellent job managing the candidates, asking questions and staying out of the debate as a contestant. Chris Wallace is hands down the best moderator of the cycle, bravo #debates— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 20, 2016

Just the other day, Bill Kristol advised John McCain to “fire his campaign” and unleash himself and Sarah Palin as a “cheerful, open, accessible, attractive” team that uses every stop to get its message across by doing “TV interviews...town halls...Sunday TV shows...talk radio.” Kristol may be right about the “fire” business, but I appreciate his positive suggestions much more. After all, who wants to be an Obama and offer “solutions” that amount to nothing more than obsessive condemnations of the past. So, in a positive vein, I offer a few suggestions about how a former fighter pilot can dig down...