‘A debate is a head-to-head, spontaneous, structured argument over the merits of an issue,’ Rice says. ‘Under the ridiculous 32-page contract that reads like the rules for the Miss America Pageant, there will be no candidate-to-candidate questions, no rebuttal to your opponent’s points, no cross questions or cross answers, no rebuttals, no follow-up questions — that’s not a debate, that’s a news conference.'”