CNN Will Encourage Interaction at GOP Debate

CNN is aiming to capture the “combative spirit” of the GOP presidential race “by getting the candidates to engage with one another in person and on camera” during tomorrow’s debate, the New York Times reports.

“The effort to encourage candidate interaction differs from the approach taken in the first debate by Fox News, which relied heavily on its three accomplished moderators to ask tough questions, forcing the participants to outline their positions and explain their records, yielding only a handful of memorable exchanges between the men on stage.”