“Debates in political campaigns used to be a given. Today, candidates increasingly view them as optional — or a political liability to be avoided,” Axios reports.
“In a midterm cycle dominated by unprecedented spending on contrast ads, the candidates themselves are remarkably reluctant to challenge each other face-to-face.”
”It’s a sign of how campaigns have evolved, and an erosion of norms: Candidates — fueled by their parties and super PACs — still try to tear apart the opposition, they just do it from a distance.”
