How Will You Know Who Won the Debate?
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There are two ways to talk about who won the debate: One is to talk about how you would have scored the debate were you a judge. The second is to talk about how viewers and -- once the spin gets going -- non-viewer voters see the debate.
I'm always more interested in how the debates will be interpreted by the viewers and other voters. Personally, I've thought every debate other than the first was a draw. That's a copout, I know, but I think the candidates have performed well except for Bush in the first.
In the end, though, my opinion doesn't matter; nor does that of the JoeUser "street". What's I'm really curious about is how the audience sees this, and how America sees it a week from today.
My predictions is that the big story tomorrow will be that Bush was strong tonight. We'll see if that's reported as a Bush win, but it'll be a big story. Bush's mistake/lie regarding bin Laden will be a story, along with an other major lies/mistakes by either candidate. If Bush made any more major misstaments, that will be news because people are sensitive to it after the debates so far.
The thing to watch is what independents thought of all this. Otherwise, everything's basically tied up.
I'm always more interested in how the debates will be interpreted by the viewers and other voters. Personally, I've thought every debate other than the first was a draw. That's a copout, I know, but I think the candidates have performed well except for Bush in the first.
In the end, though, my opinion doesn't matter; nor does that of the JoeUser "street". What's I'm really curious about is how the audience sees this, and how America sees it a week from today.
My predictions is that the big story tomorrow will be that Bush was strong tonight. We'll see if that's reported as a Bush win, but it'll be a big story. Bush's mistake/lie regarding bin Laden will be a story, along with an other major lies/mistakes by either candidate. If Bush made any more major misstaments, that will be news because people are sensitive to it after the debates so far.
The thing to watch is what independents thought of all this. Otherwise, everything's basically tied up.