The Rules of Tonight's Debate

There are a few rules for tonight's "Town Hall" debate, of course.

Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times writes: "Tuesday's match-up at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., will be moderated by NBC's Tom Brokaw, with the questions to be culled from a group of 100 to 150 uncommitted likely voters in the audience and another one-third to come via the Internet. The Gallup Organization -- as in past debates like this -- has the job of making sure the questioners reflect the demographic makeup of the nation."

I hope one of the rules is: You must look at your opponent at least once during the debate.