In NASCAR, there is a term called silly season where racing teams announce whether or not they’re going to be in business next season or not, or whether their driver is going to be renewed for another year. Once those announcements are made and everyone knows how many seats are available once the green flag drops at Daytona, the rest of the current season becomes somewhat of a circus on the track and off. There’s simply too many drivers for not enough seats in race cars, so every week becomes a dual competition. There’s the race between people contending for the championship, and there’s the race to ink a ride for the next year.
The week before a presidential debate, in American politics, is the equivalent of silly season. Nobody really knows anything about how the debate will go. The principals, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, are sequestered away in order to prep for the 90-minute…
