Does a diverse board have more conflicts than a more homogenous board might? A. Great boards have to get comfortable with debate itself.
While all four of the candidates have considerable experience in government and campaigns, Mr. Green, presumably, should be quite comfortable with this debate format: He has been a regular guest on CNN's nightly debate program, "Crossfire," speaking from the left, of course.
"Businesses are not just comfortable with this debate – they welcome it.
His time at Princeton earning a doctorate, General Petraeus assured the senators, made him comfortable with "vigorous debate and discussion".
Though he has grown more comfortable with each debate, Gore still tends to fall back on catapulting jagged speech chunks through the air.
Finally, the individuals would have similar levels of seniority within their respective institutions, thus enabling them to feel comfortable talking openly and debating with one another, and allowing for more progressive action.
Mr. Obama, finally comfortable with the fact that debates require confrontation, replied sharply: "When I went to Israel as a candidate, I didn't take donors, I didn't attend fund-raisers, I went to Yad Vashem, the — the Holocaust museum there, to remind myself the — the nature of evil and why our bond with Israel will be unbreakable".
And Obama found that he was as comfortable with his side of the debate as Clinton was with hers.
The leadership has yet to get comfortable with the understanding that robust debate, even when uncomfortable, is a healthy component of a dynamic and durable civil society.
And by now, both candidates were experienced enough with debating, and with each other, that both seemed comfortable in the setting and primed for a fight.
