Why is Mukriz afraid to debate Khairy?

Mukhriz Mahathir does not want to debate Khairy because (1) party elections are internal matters (2)Opposition will spin something out of the debate.
I believe No (2) will happen even more now that Mukriz shows his reluctance to debate Khairy.
Or are there any other fears as noted by this blogger in The STAR.  Ranunasalam refers his post [...]

Deepavali story of a son whose father was shot dead by a hitman

It’s post Deepvali and I am quite unfazed by all the tussling at the UMNO polls. Just a bunch of morons jossling for posts. Internal coup, sms threats and money politics are the order of the day, and yet this group of people get to decide who is prime minister of this country. So unfair…
So, [...]