The Washingtonian Magazine has an interesting piece about “why college debaters dominate Washington’s political scene.”
“It’s been interesting, the role debate’s started playing,” says George Mason University debate coach Warren Decker. “I’ve heard rumors that Obama and Larry Summers have actually organized debates about policy issues so they can really get to hear both sides.”
The presence of two former debaters in Obama’s West Wing shines a spotlight on what has typically been a low-profile extracurricular school activity.
[via Planet Debate]
