Every four years presidential debates are held in the United States, which are no doubt one of the most important and influential aspects of a presidential electoral campaign. Candidate debate performance heavily influences vote results.

Third party candidates have been included in two debate cycles since 1960. All remaining debates have included only two candidates, one Democrat and one Republican.

When former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer withdrew from the 2012 presidential race on May 31, among many things he said:

Yet another lone gunman with a grudge, this time at the Family Research Council in DC. The intuder pulled a gun on a guard who righfully shot him.

Sources told Fox New that after guard took away his gun, the suspect said, "Don't shoot me, it was not about you, it was what this place stands for."

FRC is extremely anti-gay, a stance which does not even slightly justify yet another loony deciding to shoot them for whatever deranged reasons.

This is a very startling fact that has some serious ramifications for public policy. Jim Harper wrote recently at the Cato Institute:

According to an August 15 Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism study, President Barack Obama leads Republican candidate Mitt Romney in web and social media activity. While this comes at no shock to those of us tuned into their social media activity, the findings show that neither candidate engages with voters via social media, and while Obama is much more active on Twitter, his levels of engagement are low.

UPDATE: The Associated Press is now reporting Rep. Cliff Stearns has conceded to Ted Yoho in Florida's 3rd congressional district.

A surprise upset in Florida's primary election has Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns trailing political unknown Ted Yoho by 829 votes, but refusing to concede the race.

63,690 votes were tallied in total.

The Florida Times-Union reports: