Harris, Trump and 2024: Debates, policies and press scrutiny are critical not optional

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We are in danger of losing our way as a country if we do not require all our political candidates to engage in the essential activities that inform voters. Those actions include the basics of debates, press scrutiny and explaining their policy positions to the public.

The president of the United States is going to be called upon to make decisions on $6 trillion dollars of expenditures and taxes, settle issues of war and peace around the world and manage a workforce of millions of employees across 20 or more different departments and agencies. Most people, no matter how well-intentioned, could not do this job.

One interview. One debate. Some rah rah stump speech read over and over again is not a campaign that informs voters adequately to make a real choice. It’s a good gig if you can get it, but a real campaign has three debates, two years of primaries, time spent building coalitions, detailed policy papers carefully worked over and almost daily press briefings.

46 DAYS: KAMALA HARRIS HAS YET TO DO FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE EMERGING AS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

In the past, political campaigns focused on finding people with exceptional qualifications and accomplishments. Campaigns were not perfect, and candidates often distorted the views of their opponents, but they met the threshold of informing the voters about themselves,