Personally, I put no weight behind the debate at all and do not use debates to determine how I vote. We're stuck in a process that functions to pick people who are not fitted to be President. We can see that with both parties.
I like democracy as a theory, but in practice it devolves into insanity, where the skills necessary to get elected are not the skills necessary to govern. Therefore, the very election process works against the best interest of the country.
We got much better candidates from the bad old days of the smoke filled rooms and under the table deals. I don't know exactly why that is true, but experience has taught that our present methods need to be changed.
What earns the nomination needs to be the skills needed to lead the country. Now, earning the nomination just about guarantees the failure of the President. Obama and GW Bush both prove that. Pushed by opposing groups of people, their presidencies accomplished the same: exceptional mediocrity. No matter who wins, we're repeating the debacle.
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