Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich met Saturday night in Texas, for an event dubbed by its Tea Party hosts and the candidates as a “modified Lincoln-Douglas” style debate. Though in truth, it did not bear any resemblance to the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 — either in terms of format, or in terms of any major disagreement on the big issues of the day.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=104796