One thing that happens in the debates is the candidates come in, and they are ready for what ever debate that they are ready for. I think that joe biden thought that this would be a little bit more contentious. It took him awhile to get adjusted to that. I thought that this was a very interesting thing, to realize that. That this was happening with the candidates. What would you get to see those rehearsals . Now that i have thought about this at this very moment, i dont think obama was prepared for what romney was doing. I was not having done this three times, you cover all the people that you interview in these president ial debates, what do you pick up, and what are the ingredients of political success . Your interviews with people who have risen to the very top, what is it about them . Every debate is different. You talk about the things that were missed in the 2008 debate, which i moderated between president obama and john mccain, these are two very different people and personaliti