The Commission on Presidential Debates has released the format and topics for the first showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. It will be moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox News:
The first presidential debate will be held on Tuesday, September 29 at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. The format for the first debate calls for six 15-minute time segments dedicated to topics announced in advance in order to encourage deep discussion of the leading issues facing the country.
Chris Wallace, moderator of the first 2020 presidential debate, has selected the topics for that debate.
Subject to possible changes because of news developments, the topics for the September 29 debate are as follows, not necessarily to be brought up in this order:
The Trump and Biden Records
The Supreme Court
Covid-19
The Economy
Race and Violence in our Cities
The Integrity of the ElectionAll debates start at 9:00 p.m. ET and run for 90 minutes without commercial interruption.
I guess there’s fodder for hope from both sides in those discussion categories. Trump will push the pre-COVID economy and the strength of the stock market. He’ll emphasize support for the police and opposition to violence and looting rather than racial issues. He’ll use the platform to raise further doubts about the integrity of mail voting our electoral system. Biden will raise alarm about the Supreme Court and the rushed effort to replace Justice Ginsburg, emphasizing the risk to people’s health care. He’ll slam Trump’s COVID-19 response and his racial insensitivity. They’ll both have a lot to say about each other’s records.
Once again, somehow climate change doesn’t make the cut. When aliens ask why we went extinct, they’ll have an easy answer.
I’d say it is irrelevant. In fact all of it is irrelevant
This election is not a question about policy, it’s a question of whether we want to continue the democratic experiment.
Moreover let’s say there’s a long list of policy promises made by the democratic candidate. Well, nothing gets passed unless the filibuster is out. No point in arguing about hypotheticals like public options or green new deals when you don’t have the votes to remove the filibuster. Why bother even talking about it without first determining if the party will be actually willing to, you know, wield power?
Or if Trump will YIELD power
I’ve always tuned into debates. I’m not sure if I’ll bother tuning into Trump lying a bunch.