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>> it's also very hard to evade a question that comes from a town hall person. and the nice thing will be if the town hall person asks apples and they answer oranges, i go wait a second, the question was about apples, let's follow up on that. there's the opportunity to drill down on the subjects. >> they appear to violate the presidential debate comilgs's secret mem up of understanding, a set of debate rules and agreed to and signed by both campaigns. "time magazine" got a copy of that and published. it states the moderator will not ask follow-up question questions or comment on either the que...

Town hall person. and the nice thing will be if the town hall person asks apples and they answer oranges, i go wait a second, the question was about apples, let's follow up on that. there's the opportunity to drill down on the subjects. >> they appear to violate the presidential debate commision's secret memorandum of understanding, a set of debate rules and agreed to and signed by both campaigns. "time magazine" got a copy of that and published. it states the moderator will not ask follow-up question questions or comment on either the questions asked by the audience or the answers of the cand...

Control of what you get to hear. but in the seven years since i wrote that "west wing" script, my thinking has moved far beyond just getting red of the red lights. there is much more that we need to rewrite in the debate rules. first, candidates should be allowed to bring notes. they should be allowed to bring giant briefcases full of notes and "forensic files" and memos, anything they want to consult during the debate. these debates are about finding the best president, not the best memorizer. if it's a memorizer you want, then kevin klein or any other american-born actor who has learned all ...

Wrote that "west wing" script, my thinking has moved far beyond just getting red of the red lights. there is much more that we need to rewrite in the debate rules. first, candidates should be allowed to bring notes. they should be allowed to bring giant briefcases full of notes and "forensic files" and memos, anything they want to consult during the debate. these debates are about finding the best president, not the best memorizer. if it's a memorizer you want, then kevin klein or any other american-born actor who has learned all 1,495 lines of hamlet, the biggest part shakespeare ever wrote, ...

Kerry/bush debate, where john kerry took the battle to george bush. and bush, the president, seemed very uneasy, didn't seem comfortable and like he wanted to be challenged. that's wha look. i got five boys. i'm used to people saying something that is not always true but keep repeating it and hoping i'll believe it but that is notthink we have to talt the debate and the debate rules and the moderator. you know, the idea -- they were very excited, the debate commissioned about the 15-minute pods to allow more exchange. but it allowed more, longer speeches and talking points. jim lehrer, a man...