To the editor: I agree with this premise: Xavier Becerra owes California voters one to 3 rigorously outlined debates in opposition to Steve Hilton, particularly since Becerra wouldn’t be taking time away from serving in any present authorities place (“It’s beyond debate. California voters deserve a Becerra-Hilton face-off,” Aug. 20). Nonetheless, Becerra ought to solely comply with this with caveats.
The moderators have to have and truly use a mechanism for retaining debaters on observe, forcing them to reply the questions and stopping them from speaking once they veer off into particular person marketing campaign rhetoric. Spare us from the customary private barbs thrown at each other and from the painful rehashing of empty, impossible-to-fulfill political guarantees.
Diane Brandt, San Marcos
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To the editor: “Becerra is launched into extra of a leisurely stroll towards his all-but-certain perch in Sacramento.” This can be a disturbing report. Voters care {that a} candidate cares sufficient about them to marketing campaign and converse to their considerations. Thomas E. Dewey didn’t do that in 1948, anticipating to be a shoo-in. Harry S. Truman ran a whistle-stop marketing campaign and received.
William Stewart, Tehachapi
