In the presidential election last year most of the debate was focused on which candidate was the better manager, even among conservatives.
Instead, after Renzi stated that he would resign if the constitutional reforms were rejected, the debate was focused on his own record as prime minister.
The two-hour debate in Charleston, South Carolina covered many topics including stock markets, taxes, jobs, infrastructure and health care, but most of the primetime debate was focused on three issues - immigration, the war on ISIS and guns.
Wednesday night's debate was focused on domestic policy, but Mr. Romney seems eager to push the idea that Mr. Obama was covering up the true nature of the attack.
Instead of a debate that was focused on Trump's vulgar comments, the debate was focused on policy issues, and despite all of Clinton's "preparation" when it came to the nuts and bolts of policy, Trump managed to not only go toe-to-toe with Clinton, he often got the best of her.
If the ABC debate veered from contraception to the Constitution, the NBC News debate was focused on topics like super PAC advertising and electability, irritating advisers to Mr. Romney, who complained privately that Mr. Gregory had focused too little on issues.
Both sides of this debate are focused on the wrong objective.
Now the debate is focused on those weapons of mass destruction and the future orientation of a Middle East in turmoil.
The current gun control debate is focused, not surprisingly, on the carnage from rapid-firing assault weapons, like the one used in the Connecticut school massacre.
Much of the debate is focused on whether it is better to buy a real tree every year, or a plastic tree that will last a lifetime.
