Shannon disagreed.
"It is about where we go from here," he said of the election. "Al Gore wants to take this country forward, George W. Bush wants to take us to Texas."
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Each of these statements produced a loud reaction from the opposing sides.
Gottlieb mocked the Republican candidate, saying, "I thank you for providing the easiest target since Dan Quayle."
But Adams praised Bush's honesty.
"If the last eight years tell us anything, they tell us to have a president tell us the truth," he said.
The debaters discussed issues from the economy and campaign finance reform to issues that hit closer to home.
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