Given our recent election cycle and the similarities to 1964 (and 1968, for that matter), this topic came to mind. There were no debates in 1964. Johnson was not a good public speaker, but he had the good will of the public, or could win it at Goldwater's expense. Goldwater, meanwhile, was blunt, outspoken, and viewed as too radical by too many Americans, which is a feature Johnson exploited in campaign ads.
What if Johnson and Goldwater had debated in 1964?