If you need a parade of a horse and an elephant to identify them, you deserve a donkey as prize.

How many of our Presidents were toppers in their college debating societies? I have not even heard anyone in the past ever having been a great debater. Those guys generally prefer a law course and become great lawyers and judges. Not Presidents. Presidents are expected to take DECISIONS, just like judges do after listening to lawyers from both sides. Lawyers look for points favoring his client. A judge has to decide which point, if upheld, will be in public good and conform more to law as already laid down.

Presidents do not keep their fingers 24 hrs a day on the trigger to a nuclear bomb. Probably it does not even happen once in the whole term of man Presidents. To dramatize debates anchors focus more on who can press the button faster and gullible people make their pick on that basis! What a way to decide an issue which is likely to affect the nation for at least four years, if not for decades!

 Both Presidential candidates have been analyzed enough for taking a decision about them. What is the need of a public drama of debates to change that well informed decision taken after almost a year of filtering?

Has there been any instance when a debate changed the fortune of any candidate and because of that a better candidate was elected? Even if that were possible, does not it prove that that winning candidate would have flopped as President, as he had a losing streak throughout which fortunately changed at the end for better?

It is more likely we get worse of the two. Debates are just media creations to make money and turning our elections into a carnival instead of solemn duty.

You appoint a CEO after evaluating him in comparison with others. Do you ask your two top picks to debate? That may prove who is a better debater. But will it prove who will be a better executive? What is the main job specification of President? Debating? No. He takes ALL his decisions after ALL pros and cons are evaluated by an army of informed officers who have decades of experience in their own fields. They are expected to have what should be our immediate and long range reaction in any conceivable situation already researched.

In months preceding elections all issues are always debated with candidates by media. The losing candidate is generally out of governance and politics. The winning candidate will not have public debates with his counterpart in real world and surely not face to face. If at all, it will be through media in the form of well drafted statements.

Let's, therefore, put an end to this wasteful and costly entertainment, which only demeans the next President by highlighting his weak points to our enemies without serving any good purpose.