ABC News Debates: Great to See Republicans and Democrats on the Stage, Together

I'll be back after the Democratic part of the ABC Republican, Democratic debates with an analysis, but, for now, let me just say -

Kudos to ABC for having both the Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates on stage together, briefly, at the end of the Republican debate (which was excellent).

I've never seen anything like this before, and I applaud ABC's daring and innovation for making this happen. It's good to break with precedent - or, to create new ones - and this one is a very good one: It reminds us that all of the candidates, Democratic and Republican, are part of the same process of democracy.

More after 11pm.