能否进入普林斯顿大学念书并非性命交关的事——时任《纽约时代周刊》的编辑洛伦•普柏在几年前就有了这种看法。

That getting into Princeton isn't a life-or-death matter hit home years ago for Loren Pope, then the education editor of The New York Times.

但是如果看了周五的辩论，你看不出那些人对这个性命交关的问题有过深入的思考，或者正在努力做正确的事情。

But if you watched the debate on Friday, you didn't see people who've thought hard about a crucial issue, and are trying to do the right thing.