Summary: is what we look at in this cast what appear to be spontaneous TV events are anything but. And that's not new from the very first TV debate there have been pre-debate negotiations and some amount of pre-game prep. We look at this. Everything from the time, who asks the questions, how candidates sit and where things are on the set is all subject to give and take. Sometimes campaigns are overjoyed with what they get, sometimes they settle. Even Lincoln didn't love the deal he got, but he took it.
