Should the number of presidential primary debates be limited to three for each party?

No

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by Jeff Franklin

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The number of debates should not be limited so the candidates can be questioned on as many issues as possible and practical. But I ask this question: what good are any number of debates if they are blocked from a significant percent of the population? I'm referring to the recent fact that most all the debates, today, are aired only on high paid cable and satellite TV. For the people who don't have, or otherwise, cannot afford TV beyond broadcast stations, they are totally left out of seeing the debates. This is yet, another hijacking of one of America's elements of democracy: The RIGHT of a person to be able to be an INFORMED voter by watching, or being involved with, the debate process, FREE OF CHARGE. Here's an example of another element of democracy going to the highest bidder!

Remember when the debates were on ABC, NBC, or CBS? It was even during prime time! Now entereth the GREED Monster!

Maybe, the only way to fix this is to make candidates rely less and less on TV, and going back to the old-fashioned town hall meetings all across America, so that citizens can actually become informed voters, again!

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