A debate about debates

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Dictionary.com defines a “debate” as: “A formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.”

That is not what will take place during three exchanges between President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, nor in the one vice-presidential exchange between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

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