^Contrarily, I found the Canadian debate a breath of fresh air compared to the American one.
Sure there was talking over each other, pandering, ignoring question and everything else a political debate will have, but the level of discourse between Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair was so much higher and so much more respectful than the Republican debate. I am not sure if this indicates that our political leaders are more intelligent, or Canadian electorate is more intelligent in general but I for one came off that debate with a good impression of Canada's political scene despite the crappy debate format and poor moderating.