Constant stream of presidential debates beginning to feel like 'Groundhog Day'

Last year's general election saw just two broadcast debates. The presidential election has already seen five debates, and there's over a week to go

Irish presidential candidates Catherine Connolly, and Heather Humphreys prior to the start of the first presidential debate on 'The Tonight Show', at Virgin Media Television Studios in Dublin, on Sunday, October 12. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Any moment now, I'm going to punch Ned Ryerson.

Ryerson, the overly-familiar insurance salesman is one of the consistent warning signs that Bill Murray's character Phil Connors in 1993 comedy classic Groundhog Day is reliving the same 24 hours over and over again.