Minor parties need a voice in debates

[Nutmegger]

If the lively, invective-laden discussion on whether to have one-on-one gubernatorial debates this fall is an indication, Connecticut citizens will get their money's worth when Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano finally square off against each other next month.

DeStefano, Rell and the spokesmen for each have engaged in a trading of heated words during the past two weeks that eventually ended in agreement for at least two one-on-one televised debates and a single one-on-one debate between their running mates for lieutenant governor.

That's fine for starters. But we trust that the two gubernatorial candidates will agree to far more debates than those two before the dust settles on Nov. 7.

Both candidates owe that to the voters of Connecticut who pay the state's bills and deserve to gain a very clear picture of where both stand on issues.

Full article: http://www.connpost.com/opinion/ci_4389591