She doesn't seem capable of engaging a policy debate so much as deflecting it.
In this sense, the public assembly does not debate so much as disclose the general will of the people.
Today's Mormons shy away from theological debate, so much so that, Mr. Bowman observes, it's "difficult to pin down what precisely orthodox Mormon belief is".
This lends force to the argument that political campaigning is not what will sway the debate so much as the views of people in business.
Carmen Obando, an office cleaning worker in Orlando, Fla., said she had enjoyed the debate so much that it had created a dilemma for her.
It is one of the most frequently quoted numbers in the Scottish independence debate, so much so it has talismanic status: Scotland's oil reserves, say ministers and Yes Scotland, are worth £1.5 trillion.
He cited her failure to lead the US to a deal at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change conference, and other episodes that have left the former secretary of state not at the forefront of the debate so much as playing catch-up.
The "Crossfire" crib "Hannity and Colmes" paired a forceful Sean Hannity with the more demure Alan Colmes, leaving the balance of power clearly tilted to the right; the show was not a forum for debate so much as a kind of nightly reëducation camp for the wayward Colmes.
