Jenny Watson, chairwoman of the Electoral Commission, said: "A general election can prompt a great deal of excitement and debate, with voters keen to have their say.
This week's Commons votes for a wholly or largely elected chamber injected a rare sense of excitement into the debate.
For the trustees, it is an amount we take seriously, but also one we feel comfortable playing around with -- and precisely at this intersection is where debate, excitement, risk, and magic percolate.
The prestige and sense of excitement about the debates should lead to festivals, local boroughs and councils bidding to host a session.
"The streets were just filled with people and kids and debate and excitement and, from my point of view, intellectual fervor," he said in a 1996 interview with The New York Times.
We do not generally look to gubernatorial debates for excitement.
And in the heat of a debate or the excitement of a rally, a candidate may indeed exaggerate.
The bunny's promise came to fruition in the works that made up an unforgettable 1988 exhibition that unleashed a perfect storm of publicity, critical debate and audience excitement and consternation.
Updated at 7.57pm BST 7.41pm BST Micah Zenko, a Council on Foreign Relations fellow, notices a familiar uptick in excitement over a foreign policy debate as the question of military action grows: Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) If only US officials and policymakers focused as intently on FP issues that don't involve bombing others from a safe distance.
If the widespread expectation is that the summer's political conventions will stir up about as much excitement as a city council debate over landfill fees, there is an upstart element in the news business that sees endless hours of fun and drama where others envision ennui: the press corps of the Web.
