"There's a certain amount of decorum that we expect in our debates," said Brett O'Donnell, one of the Republican party's top debate coaches.
TAMPA, Fla .— With another potentially crucial debate on Monday night, Mitt Romney has apparently recruited a top debate coach to help out.
Mr. O'Donnell is a veteran of presidential debates, having served as a top debate coach to Senator John McCain of Arizona during the 2008 campaign.
The primetime show, one of the top debate shows during the election campaign, has caused no outrage in Norway, as it would probably would in the UK.
Yet Mr. Gingrich, who is trailing Mr. Romney narrowly in some polls here, was in top debate form and often seemed to overshadow Rick Santorum, who is battling Mr. Gingrich to emerge as a more conservative alternative to Mr. Romney.
Change.org lists six seasoned journalists who might warrant a top debate spot: Ifill, naturally; ABC's Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric and Christiane Amanpour (who also works for CNN); Lesley Stahl of CBS and Rachel Maddow of MSNBC.
The top debate performers were Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
In that scenario, Christie still wouldn't have made the top debate, but Huckabee would have.
"Bodied" director Joseph Kahn and stars Charlamagne Tha God, Calum Worthy, Jackie Long and Rory Uphold sat down with The Times at the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss the controversial satire set in the world of battle rap, "the last safe space" left for free speech, the challenges of confronting complex issues through art, and the Great Beyonce-Taylor Swift Crop Top Debate.
