Though
Republicans and
Democrats constantly snipe at each other,
Americans only ever get to see members of the opposing parties debate head on one-on-one, after the parties have picked their singular nominees for an office. Candidates who won't be in the running come
November never get to interact directly, and speak fully to the views of those in the other party. But 2016 seems to be offering a different opportunity, with its very unsettled contests on both sides, with
Donald Trump and
Ted Cruz running close on the Republican side (and
John Kasich still in the mix), and with
Hillary Clinton and
Bernie Sanders just as close on the Democratic side. So, with such an immense ideological range amongst the remaining candidates for both major parties, from erstwhile
fascism to
socialism, from
theocracy to
oligarchy, I have begun a petition to propose an historic
event to take advantage of this historic
opportunity:
let's have one big debate --
Trump, Clinton, Cruz, Sanders, Kasich, all on one stage.
We all know such a thing has the potential to be immensely informative and entertaining. So if this is something you think you might like to see, mosey on over to that link and sign that petition. Costs nothing; might yield.... something.
It has been pointed out to me that CNN has already done something approaching this.