 well today became part of the norm right became part of the television era where campaigns came to us in our living room we didn't have to go to a hall or a field to watch a debate or see the candidates they they came to our house and since then it's been part of the tradition of american politics that every couple of years we're joined in our living room by candidates for president senate the house mayor whatever and they uh... they they make their best case for themselves there was no audience then there's no audience tonight how does that