When Mr. Romney delivered the attack against Mr. Gingrich that evening, Mr. Gingrich was left with no substantive response, a killer blow that helped keep Mr. Gingrich from commanding the debate stage as he had in South Carolina.
Both advocates of "fairness" (meaning more gay rights) and "defenders of the family" (meaning fewer) agree that the debate will command less attention at this year's election than in most recent ones.
Ms. Huffington, 53, a sharp-tongued campaign provocateur who clashed repeatedly with Mr. Schwarzenegger in last week's televised debate, commanded the support of only about 3percentt of California voters, according to recent polls.
As the current demonstrators have established, these face-to-face encounters have a special power to command attention and provoke public debate.
While child nutrition may not command the megaphone like the tax debate, it should.
Afterward, it became front-page news, as images of people pouring vodka into the streets went viral; government leaders condemned Russia's new discriminatory laws, and celebrities commanding huge audiences debated boycotting or even stripping Russia of the glory of playing host to the Olympics in Sochi.
We stipulate that he's quick-witted, fluent, and commanding in the debates.
The public debate ought to be about what the law should command in these kinds of difficult cases.
The ensuing debate has helped to sharpen the crucial arguments and the extent to which nativist models should continue to command their central place in linguistic theory.
Equally, such principles may not command complete acceptance and can be challenged [ 15], making them highly useful in terms of encouragement for reflection and debate.
