September 28, 2003
Should Arnold Debate
I've been hearing in the news that Arnold should debate more. Gray Davis has put up a debate challenge and the other candidates seem hungry for debates. However, I think Arnold is doing the right thing by not debating them.
Wherever Arnold goes he gets press. After all he is a big movie star. Debating the other candidates just helps them get their messages out to the public. Who cares about political nobodies like Arianna Huffington and Peter Camejo? They are in single digits in every pole. A debate with Arnold will simply benefit them with providing little or not benefit to Arnold.
Similarly debating Davis will be to acknowledge that Davis is a worthy opponent. Further, why help Davis get any of his message out there? Davis is a disembler and there is no reason to think he wont disemble during a debate as well. He did it for months last year leading up to the election with regards to the budget deficit.
Posted by Steve at September 28, 2003 05:48 PM