OK, I was actually excited about the news that Bill Clinton and Bob Dole will debate each week on '60 Minutes' until I read the story more carefully. Teh debats will last a total of two minutes. Not two minutes each, two minutes total. The New York Times quoted '60 Minutes' executive producer Don Hewitt as saying that the old Point/Counterpoint segments were a minute longer but "attention spans had shortened since then."

I mean, really, what is the point of a 45 second debate? "Tax cuts are good" "No, they're bad" "No, theyre good!" "No, they're bad!" Woohoo.

And the DJs on the radio this morning were actually complaining about this. One said that "gee, no one wants to watch the debates when there's an election, why would we care when there's nothing going on." Right, cause important issues only arise every four years.