You can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas.
But I do think its necessary to have debates.
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
There's always merit to having a debate.
Debates require a lot of hard work and preparation. If you try to wing it, it shows.
One can always debate questions back and forth.
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.
A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.