 offered to do the debate but they took everything that they wanted that's right they had the anchors that they wanted they had every single element of the debate that they wanted they even wanted it sitting down that was the only thing i said look let's stand up for a little while that would look terrible so although debates have been done sitting down and probably successfully but i thought standing up with a better look uh... the one thing he wanted was the lectern he wanted the one on the left