By this point on the Sunday before election days, two hustings would have come and gone. This year its different. In a bid to "bring some excitement" to these elections, Tim Goodwin and the other Sabbs are having an "Presidential Style Election Debate".
Hustings are not places where you can win elections, but you can lose them - so I was once told by a EUSA hack, and I remember Ruth Cameron doing exactly that on her VPAA election campaign three years ago. The Presidential Debates could revolutionise this, with real debate between the candidates. It could also be a complete flop - but things must be tried if progress is to be made. I've made comments before about the need to get your questions in beforehand if you want them asked - e-mail president@eusa.ed.ac.uk - but I am also disappointed that the event has gone upstairs to the Debating. Last year's event lacked atmosphere, and was a real poor show compared with the more intimate and more exciting Underground venue, where a bar and the gallery really enhanced the event.
The Debate has the chance to be any of the three "country" fences in this race: it could be the point where a tired candidate has his (or in Anna's case, her) head down and falters, a la Beecher's Brook; it could be a simple and easy jump in the path to the electoral results (with the occasional falter), a la Foinavon; or it could be the turn for home, a la Canal Turn.
Which is it going to be for the 12 candidates come Tuesday night?
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