Grant Baldwin’s Blog

I just finished watching the Presidential Debate and like most of you, I’m ready for all this to be over with. But with both candidates discussing issues of reform and change, I thought I would give some ideas for Debate Reform. Here are 9 ideas I came up with that would make the debates a little more interesting and less depressing:

1. For every 10 seconds you go over your allotted time to answer a question, the other candidate gets extra time to answer the question.
2. If a candidate doesn’t actually answer the question as determined by the moderator, they lose 3 gold stars (or 3 Electoral College votes).
3. If a candidate begins rambling and the audience gets bored, pre-selected voters can trigger small electric shocks to the candidate (Like a barking dog collar).
4. The stoplights that signal remaining time should be hung around each candidates’ neck. (Think Flava Flav’s clock)
5. If a candidate interrupts the other candidate while they are answering a question, they get slapped by a grandmotherly-like voter from the audience. If a candidate interrupts the moderator while they are talking, they get sat on by a Sumo wrestler for 10 minutes.
6. Every time a candidate says “look at my record,” we look at embarrassing-photoshopped pictures submitted by the other candidate’s campaign.
7. If elected, every time you break a promise you made in your campaign, you get docked 2 months of your Presidential term.
8. Two words: Cage Match.
9. Every time you trash your opponent, an undecided voter gets to punch you in the throat.

Now it’s your turn. Finish this sentence. “The debates would be more interesting if…”