mwengler comments on How big of an impact would cleaner political debates have on society? - Less Wrong
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and the rebuttals are given to the candidates in advance... and the rebuttals to the rebuttals are given to the candidates in advance... and so on and so on.
In fact, the candidates have pretty good ideas what the positions of their opponents are, and the nicest thing about the debates are that when candidates mischaracterize their opponents on purpose they are responded to in real time.
Your second paragraph explains why the events in your first paragraph are not needed.