Now President Biden says there are two.
Thats the earliest general election debate in a presidential campaign ever.
Less than 45 minutes after the CNN announcement, Biden said there is a second debate coming in September.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the final 2020 debate.Photo by Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images
Ill bring my plane, too.
I plan on keeping it for another four years.
Trump has accepted the invite to the second debate too, calling it a great honor.
(L-R) Donald Trump and President Joe BidenGetty Images
Making the events more brittle is the fact the two men loathe each other.
Of course, there are risks for either candidate with just a few more months until Election Day.
An unvarnished and unruly debater, Trump could find his microphone being cut off for time and exactitude.
Always prone to a ramble or misspeaking, Biden could find himself hit with his own gaffes.
Whether there will be just two, or even four remains to be seen.
The second debate was a tad more muted.
The debate announcements came together quickly.
Still left to be announced is who will moderate the debate among CNNs personalities.
Instead, the events were pooled across all networks, drawing 73 million viewers.
Its still unclear whether other networks will carry the debate, or if it will be exclusively on CNN.
Wallace brought up the same point on CNN this afternoon.
Im sure we will make it available to everybody else.
But our competitors on cable, the broadcast networks.
It was on every channel.
Will it be on every channel?
Will ABC, NBC, Fox, MSNBC take the CNN debate.
That makes it a very different experience if it is just wall-to-wall coverage on every broadcast outlet.
He said that having an audience-less debate will make it a cleaner, purer experience.
UPDATE, 8 AM PT:Face off!
Ill even do it twice.
So lets pick the dates, Donald.
Then, Biden says, I hear you are free on Wednesdays.
That was a swipe at Trumps criminal trial in New York, which is dark on that day.
Trumps campaign has said that he would debate Biden anytime and anywhere.
Just tell me when, Ill be there.
Lets get ready to Rumble!!'
OMalley Dillon also complained that the commission was unable or unwilling to enforce the rules in the 2020 debates.
Even though both candidates have now agreed to debate, the devil will be in the details.
That will be no small task.
The commissions threshold for participating in its debates is a polling average of 15%.
She also said that a candidates microphone should be active only when it is his turn to speak.
Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020.
