elitist in the primary. alan schroeder is a journalism professional at north eastern university. among the books he authored, presidential debates, 50 years of high-risk tv. great to have you here. as we look forward to what we ll see tomorrow night, both president obama and mitt romney maybe had experience in these debates. the president survived 26 primary debates and three general election debates in 08. romney s experience goes back to the 1994 senate run against ted kennedy. he endured 19 of the republican primary debates. if we start with the president, he s been able to elevate himself in the debates with senator john mccain and appear presidential. i want to remind how he did so. moments like this. in a short career, he does not understand our national security challenges. we don t have time for on-the job training, my friend. senator mccain in the last debate and today again suggested