As a result, these debates have become nothing more than exercises in feigned outrage.
Economists get a bit irritated when these debates are framed in terms of the "jobs at risk".
Yet these debates and arguments seem to be quickly stifled when they are brought up at headquarters.
What we really need to do is find ways to take these debates down to the challenge-solver level.
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The way that an international business addresses these debates can make the difference between superior and inferior performance.
You know, they show up at these debates in their in nice suits and they got their lines memorized.
By ignoring the uses to which tax revenues are put, these debates implicitly deprecate the very purpose of government.
After the attacks, state security decided to call more attention to these debates.
These debates over policy are inseparable from the turf wars between the European institutions and between the various governments.
"The best parts of these debates come from the unexpected things that happen when someone gets caught off-guard, " he said.
Cloistered in a corner of the web in 90-minute segments beginning at midnight, these debates are reaching a minuscule audience.
"These debates take the bold step of embracing the ever-increasing role of the Internet in politics, " said Jim Walton, CNN Worldwide president.
Republicans can afford to have these debates now when they are in the minority, because frankly, they have nothing else to do.
Politicians have not enjoyed much room to have these debates in private.
Remember, I came to California for the week to escape these debates.
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Naturally, entrepreneurs are looking to have their voice heard in these debates.
What is significant about these debates is that they happened at all.
In fact, Richardson, who has been a bit - who hasn't found his footing on some of these debates was, I think, spectacular.
After these debates, the Ministers elected a new President of the Forum and adopted a common Declaration to record their decisions and proposals.
Mr Deutsch short-circuits these debates simply by assuming not by showing that quantum physics and theories of life and knowledge belong to the same explanatory realm.
Added into these debates are various other arguments, critiques and anecdotes.
These debates are usually the only times the candidates are seen in the same room during the general election, and they are watched across the country.
"These debates, town hall debates, are often very telling, they often provide the most dramatic moments in a campaign, " said Bill Schneider, CNN's senior political analyst.
So their early tactic is to belittle these debates by voting for them, in order to illustrate now how non-binding they are before they start to lose them.
And while in some sense the debate will never end (because, well, these debates never do), this one should be troubling to more than just the interlocutors involved.
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Hillary Clinton is in a tough spot right now, and these debates have been something her campaign has been pointing us all towards for the last couple of weeks.
For both Romney and the President, how does that make it all the more important that they come out of these debates the clear winner or clearly articulating that choice for voters?
As I always do at the end of these debates, I leave you with the words of my mom, who said, go vote. (Laughter.) It makes you feel big and strong.
Many of the signers of the Hagel letter also appeared in another open letter to Mr Obama - this one on Iran - published that same day, further bringing to light Tehran's centrality in these debates.
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