Are debates worth the time?

Candidates often clash and always clamor for attention at the presidentail debates, said David Broder in The Washington Post, but "voters deserve better." Democratic candidates could make their gabfests more enlightening, said Michael Goodwin in

What happened

The most recent Democratic presidential campaign debate continued to make headlines over the weekend, with front-runner Hillary Clinton’s staff insisting she won and a college student who asked Clinton “diamonds or pearls” insisting that CNN made her pose the question. (Reuters)

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