According to the npr story I just heard Biden's team did set "microphones open only when it's the candidates turn to speak" as one of the terms. Also no live audience, only candidates and moderator in a studio.

I groaned when I saw CNN is hosting. They'll let him do whatever he wants, it's good for ratings

That's one of the Biden requirements, when one person is speaking, the other microphone is killed.

They need sound proof booths too. Otherwise, Trump will absolutely be shouting over Biden, trying to distract him and make him stutter, while it's Bidens turn.

I understand the sentiment, but it’s not really Biden’s job to do that. The justice system has utterly failed us, but having the president decide who is and isn’t an insurrectionist probably isn’t a great idea.

He is challenging Trump to a debate that he won't accept. He's doing exactly as he should while the justice system isn't doing its job.

I think 1/4 to 1/2 of the American public disagrees.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think we should ever speak his name or acknowledge his existence kinda like shunning and the Amish.

The last time trump showed up to a debate he was hopped up on steroids and proceeded to have a near meltdown on national TV. There's a very good argument to be made that that performance was a not insignificant part of why Trump lost in 2020.

I for one cannot wait for Biden to goad him into an apoplexy of rage onstage with, hopefully, intervention by secret service. All Biden has to do is suggest trump isn't very smart and hell spend the rest of the time fuming and making himself look like a moron.

I don't understand your train of thought. There's absolutely no way he shows up. This is only good for Biden.

Yup constantly bring up his rapes and frauds he committed and still commits. Make fun of him for scamming his followers constantly. Bring up that he stole money from a cancer charity at least three times.

I would honestly pony up money to see that.

This is what hurt Venezuela and is what's hurting America.

Both sides had been playing by the rules for the longest time.

Then one side went rogue.

And the other side continued thinking that they could handle the situation "with decency and decorum."

All while the other side encroached in, just like the bully pushing the kid off his chair, inch by inch, second by second, and all the kid does is yell "hey could you please not?" instead of elbowing the motherfucker in the stomach.

And then, you have what you have today.

You can't play nice with those types.

Biden needs more of calling Trump a clown, and saying "would you shut up, man?" next time. It's the only way to put them in place.

The Trump voters won't care who wins.
The Biden voters will never change to vote Trump.
"Undecided" voters aren't choosing between Biden and Trump, they're trying to choose between voting and not voting.

The whole purpose of a Howard Stern interview is random fluff. It's to make people like Joe Biden seem like he's "one of us". It's not meant to promote a political agenda, or even have serious discussion on any given topic. Howard Stern would have been more likely to ask Biden about details of his and his wife's sex life back in 1976 or something instead of a question with even mild political relevance. That's Howard Stern. That's what he does.

I don’t know why he picked Stern as the venue, but he needs to be doing more of this. Getting out and doing interviews. Just preferably harder hitting questions than: Did you ever save someone’s life when you were a lifeguard?

This is a reasonable expectation for if/when he goes on more serious interviews, but this is par for the course for Howard Stern, and he doesn't even try to pretend otherwise.

CNN has not learned anything.

Why? Didn't it work last time?

Money.. ad dollars.. a lot of em for CNN.