The Debating Spirit of 1963
[editor's note, by Ross Smith] promoted to front page and time stamp updated to kick this to the top -- Ross (co-authored by Kelly Congdon and R. Gordon Mitchell)
As debate scholars, we applaud the June 4th letter from John McCain to Barack Obama proposing an ambitious series of town hall debates prior to the Democratic National Convention. While debates have become routine fixtures in modern presidential campaigns, there are some striking features of the McCain proposal.
