Nikki Haley announces her run for President

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(03-20-2023, 12:06 PM)Dill Wrote: I think Trump would want a debate--an opportunity to perform and strut and verbally abuse.

DeSantis too, though on more rational grounds. But polling at the time may suggest that his
policies don't draw well at the national level, so that could be incentive to avoid really 
publicizing them while someone is challenging them in real time. 

Trump holds one sided rallies where he says what he wants and gets applauded for it, why debate?  Same with DeSantis who has all of Fox News hosting him and spreading his message.  Why would they engage in anything resembling a two-way debate or discussion?

Right or wrong, our two party system and the voters have seemed to accept the idea that not debating is OK, because the other side is spewing 100% bollocks and even getting into a discussion with them is a waste of time because it gives them a chance to spread their lies and BS.  The perception between even us regular schmos is that attempting to discuss politics with someone of the opposite party is a waste of time at best, or an act of weakness/contrition at worst.  I'm sure there were times when refusing to talk to people who disagree with you politically was seen as a bad thing, but now?  Probably seen as a wise, prudent, or at least stress-reducing thing.

Primary debates will still be a thing because voters will expect their party representatives to have the decency and gall to engage with members of their own party, but it seems to me like our political system in the USA is very much catering to the idea that even speaking with the other side is a waste of time and there is no blowback for refusing to debate them, hell, people probably approve of it.

In  the AZ gov race Katie Hobbs was the one who declined to debate by saying that it was just going to give Kari Lake a national platform to spout her BS and spread lies.  The results of the race would indicate that people agreed with her refusing to provide that platform.


Trump and DeSantis will have to debate and it'll be a race to one up each other but after that the winner will probably just say "Biden sucks, why bother talking to that demented old commie?" and that'll be that.  Biden could likely get away with saying that everyone knows what insanity DeSantis/Trump is going to spout, so why not just focus on being president and not wasting breath talking to them?