A second unusual aspect of the debate format allowed the candidates to question each other once.

The debate format is based on those held for the 2007 Chief Executive election.

I accepted immediately, but President Bush didn't like the commission's debate formats.

McCain held his own, but his appeal doesn't really come across in a debate format.

Modern campaigns structure the debate format to suit the accidental viewer.

Different moderators and debate formats were used in each debate.

All debates in the competition are held using the British Parliamentary debate format.

A19 In the end, none of the debate formats proved perfect.

The Bush campaign artfully dawdled, then took issue with the debate format.

In such a debate format, it is possible to find out where the candidates really stand.