 It's election 2024 on WTOP. We're just one night away from the historically early first presidential debate of the season. President Biden will spar with former President Trump starting at 9 o'clock tomorrow evening. The debate is sponsored by CNN. You can listen live here on WTOP and watch live at WTOP.com. Tonight we get a preview from political junkie podcast host Ken Rudin, who used to run political coverage for both NPR and ABC News. We started out with why do these debates even matter?