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Debates

  • Debate 'Cold' Reaction: Yes, Romney Can Debate

    Romney is a bad campaigner but a good debater. Obama, vice versa. That is what we have just seen.

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 3, 2012
  • Debate Housekeeping Note: Watching It 'Cold'

    A modern experiment: watching a debate without commentary!

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 3, 2012
  • Your Handy Debate-Day Reading Package

    The recent history of debates, from your favorite magazine

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 3, 2012
  • Our New Issue: Obama, Race, Debates, Ladies of Fox, Etc.

    Barack Obama as race avatar, as debater, as failed-and-successful leader.

    • James Fallows
    • Aug 23, 2012
  • A Farewell to Debates

    How will we get by through 8 days with no GOP debates? By savoring our memories of these past two

    • James Fallows
    • Jan 8, 2012
  • The Gingrich-Huntsman 'Debate'

    The first Republican debate that is actually a win for the GOP

    • James Fallows
    • Dec 12, 2011
  • A Weird Unforced Error by W. Mitt Romney

    For some reason, Willard Mitt Romney forgets his first name

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 22, 2011
  • On Brain Freezes and the Value of Debates

    This year's debates have been like pro wrestling -- which is a good thing

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 11, 2011
  • Poor Rick Perry: Seriously, How Could This Have Happened?

    What exactly kept Rick Perry from getting to the last item on this three-point list?

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 10, 2011
  • Ford, Quayle, Stockdale; Now, Poor Rick Perry

    I have three important points. One, two, and, ummm, one and two.

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 9, 2011
  • If You Had Watched Tonight's GOP Debate ...

    Another week, another debate, another demonstration of one candidate's skill.

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 18, 2011
  • Tonight's GOP Debate

    Mitt Romney has greatly increased his lead over everyone else, at least in the "rational" primary

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 11, 2011
  • 'When Will They Take a Stand Against Their Own Crazies?'

    Rick Perry in trouble for doing the right thing

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 26, 2011
  • Explaining the Booing: Perspectives from Texas and Taiwan

    Haters gonna hate, booers gonna boo

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 25, 2011
  • If You Didn't Watch the Fox/Google Debate ...

    Something you don't often hear in debates: take one candidate and 'mate him up' with another

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 22, 2011
  • Why I Think Rick Perry Did Not Help Himself

    The newest entry in the race gets a lot of attention, but not necessarily of the right kind

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 8, 2011
  • There Is Only So Much I Will Do for the Atlantic (updated)

    My sympathy to the people of Nevada

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 14, 2010
  • Why Christine O'Donnell Could Be More Dangerous Than Sarah Palin

    The TV talk-show culture raises up its perfect product

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 13, 2010
  • Brit Debate: Two Points

    Watching the British take up a hoary U.S. tradition.

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 29, 2010
  • OK, I lied, one more thing about debates

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 18, 2008
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