The Importance of Groundwork in a Debate

"I believe that whoever lays a better framework more often than not wins the debate," he says. "You are just excellent at laying a proper framework, you know, kind of returning to it throughout the debate so that the audience can follow" The goal is to make the opponent argue on your grounds; don't go over to his grounds and let your audience forget your affirmative case,. He adds: "The key is that you reorganize his speech so that you answer his objections insofar as they reply to your arguments"