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Third-party candidates square off in debate with little fanfare

(MCT) — CHICAGO — As debates go, it was hardly the Romney vs. Obama beat down in Boca Raton or even the curious sleepwalk in Denver.

But Chicago, where the modern presidential debate began in 1960 with John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, played host to another presidential faceoff Tuesday night, albeit with candidates from the undercard of Election 2012.

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