Your First Read team has put together a list of Do's and Don'ts for the 10 Republican presidential candidates who will be participating in Thursday's debate that will air on MSNBC. Take a look.

Also, MSNBC.com's Curry notes that the debates give platforms to long-shot mavericks (as we saw last week with Mike Gravel), as well as provide fodder and talking points for the eventual opposition in the general election.