Many league debaters say they would like to use their debate skills to become lawyers or teachers.
He told the Washington Post recently: "Debate skills are something you either have or don't have.
Even so, his performance there was only middling, but voters had such low expectations of his debate skills that they were impressed.
The only question is how his running mate's fragile ego will react when all those who panned his debate skills praise Pence's.
He said his error merely shows that he is "human like like everyone else" and that debate skills aren't the most important consideration when it comes to being qualified for the presidency.
College posters hang at the front of the room, and Mr. Dorrell works with students after school on debate skills for a team that ranks seventh in the city.
The fluency gap was wide enough to prompt commentators on Fox News to point out Mr. Blair's unfair advantage, namely that British prime ministers hone their debate skills in frequent -- and often hostile -- question periods in Parliament.
As Mr. Dowd strolled through the media center on Thursday afternoon talking to reporters, he hailed Mr. Kerry's debate skills while raising the bar for victory, saying Mr. Kerry had to make himself more likable to voters.
No, of course not, but using the debate skills I learned on The Simpsons: Come on.
8 42pm: Cruz, putting acclaimed debate skills to use, says he would "rip to shreds" the "catastrophic" Iran deal.
