You can only have one aim per debate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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.
Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.
But I do think its necessary to have debates.
There's always merit to having a debate.
We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.
I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus.
One can always debate questions back and forth.