We are counting down the weeks to the November elections, but we are not counting down the weeks to debates between candidates.
So far, the chances of a debate between Gov. Rick Snyder and Democratic challenger, Mark Schauer, or between candidates for the U.S. Senate seat, Republican Terri Lynn Land and Democrat Gary Peters, are looking increasingly slim.
Ken Sikkema, former Senate Majority Leader and Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector Consultants and Susan Demas, publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, joined me to discuss what the absence of debates means for voters and the democratic process.
Here's our conversation:
