It must be difficult for Hillary, Barack, and Edwards to share the debate stage month after month with the rest of the Democratic field. As nice and qualified as Biden, Dodd and Richardson are (sorry can't say the same about the rest of the guys), they really have no chance at all of winning the party's nomination. So as moderators ask the questions it becomes a work of art for the viewer to know when to remote over to another station for a short while to avoid the answers of the also-runs. Unfortunately, the die has been cast and this is the way the remaining debates will be run until the early primaries knock some of the contenders out. By having so many responses, the range of topics becomes constricted. Viewers will have trouble discerning the difference between the top three as the responses of the other five get in the way of a good old fashioned give and take debate. Obviously, we are in a democracy and we can't set our candidates' chances on how much money and poll support they seem to have in the early stages. But it would be much more realistic to have the opportunity to hear and see the three top dogs all alone in the center ring.
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