"In the letter on Wednesday, Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said the campaign is proposing an altered schedule because the original dates are “out of step with changes with changes in the structure of our elections and the interests of voters,” pointing to the timeline of early voting, the way the commission has built debates as an “entertainment spectacle” and the commission being “unable or unwilling” to enforce rules in 2020 debates."
All three reasons are excellent. The commission's proposed dates are too late to be meaningful, the debates are just about one-line zingers and gotchas, and it took a shitshow for them to turn off Trump's mic.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/joe-biden-debate/index.html