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Obama won 2of 3 debates...now we'll hear that debates don't matter (Original Post) spanone Oct 2012 OP
You've got to show up for the first one oswaldactedalone Oct 2012 #1
? spanone Oct 2012 #3
PLUS antinano Oct 2012 #2
Well then I guess we just imagined Mitt got a bit of a bump from the first debate... Kalidurga Oct 2012 #4
YEP ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #5
Right on cue ... doublethink Oct 2012 #6
LOL. CNN is so predictable. nt laundry_queen Oct 2012 #8
there you go. spanone Oct 2012 #13
In this case, I don't think they do. HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #7
Don't forget BIDEN too! JaneyVee Oct 2012 #9
Personally, yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2012 #10
Bingo Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #11
Yep. Tomorrow on Morning Joe, we'll hear Joe Scab shrugging and saying "Of course, we ALL know CTyankee Oct 2012 #12

antinano

(36 posts)
2. PLUS
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:28 AM
Oct 2012

Undecideds now want to still think a little bit more. When Romney won the first debate, they decisively shifted to him, until his incompetence shamed them back into being "undecided"

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
4. Well then I guess we just imagined Mitt got a bit of a bump from the first debate...
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:29 AM
Oct 2012

That is a huge relief, cause I had thought people had gone insane and were siding with lies and subterfuge over substance there for a while.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
7. In this case, I don't think they do.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:42 AM
Oct 2012

Debates are mostly useful when a candidate is unknown. A good debate can give a candidate a boost (ala Herman Cain), likewise a poor debate can kill a candidate (ala Rick Perry).
In this case, both candidates are known quantities... Obama has been POTUS for 3 1/2 years, and willard has been running for president for 6. People know who they support, and a poor or good debate isn't going to change it. The dumbass undecideds either have decided they don't like either candidate (a valid point), or they need help deciding which socks to put on in the morning.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
12. Yep. Tomorrow on Morning Joe, we'll hear Joe Scab shrugging and saying "Of course, we ALL know
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:45 AM
Oct 2012

that debates don't matter..." when he was the loudest and ugliest calling Obama a near certain LOSER after the first debate...

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