"What is the point of a presidential debate? In the context of
American presidential elections, “debate” is something of a misnomer.
When former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faced his Socialist
challenger, François Hollande, that was a debate – addressing
substantive issues and lasting more than two hours. "

I followed that one and i agree.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-us-candidates--election-debate-by-ian-buruma