Indeed, the cutoff dates people choose for their analyses are often awfully convenient for their arguments. It seems this cancel culture may have...
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Understood. I don’t think we want a law. I was thinking something more personal, like us just enforcing a norm even on our own side. I want to...
If there is no question of him avoiding the debate, that’s excellent, and my discussion can be taken as hypothetical. I don’t think that Biden...
I agree that if Trump is leading, or thinks he would look bad in the debate, it’s in his narrow self interest to avoid the debate. I also think...
I may be giving off a false impression, okee. I actually never wrote that Trump is afraid or even that he said he wouldn’t debate Kamala. My ire...
As it should. Both sides have taken shots at the leaders of the other for not more frequently taking part in honest question and answer sessions,...
This is the key point. Tilly seems to think that because the Democrats want a debate, appeasing the Democrats is the chief function of the debate....
He should debate whoever is his challenger, as always. The norm has long been three debates among the major candidates. If your new proposal is...
I think you are thinking of this too narrowly, as if the Democratic Party is the only entity involved in this. This is a presidential election. Of...
I was personally thinking of a few years from now, but I don’t think you can be calling the internal actions of a private company undemocratic and...
It seems you think that Trump should only dignify a Democratic challenger who has become the nominee through a process approved by him, as if the...
One thing seems clear: Had we not had the first debate, Biden would still be the Democratic candidate. That debate was a saving grace for the...
You think the nominee of the Republican Party should be in charge of setting the rules for the Democratic Party?
This seems right on. Many competing theories exist to try to explain Trump’s behavior: he’s an idiot, he’s playing 4D chess, he’s a Russian asset,...
You’re correct that the amendment didn’t come about until after FDR, but the norm had existed from the beginning. The proposal for the amendment...
If anything, I think the irony here is that the replacement of Biden with Kamala demonstrates how Americans don’t need term limits to terminate an...
I think the argument against is one of trusting democracy. If everyone really wants to elect a leader to a 5th term, why should we pass a law that...
Except congresspeople are up for reelection every few years.
I would say not to expect much with too much confidence. Almost all races have surprises, and this one seems more volatile than most.
