Debates
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Romney is a bad campaigner but a good debater. Obama, vice versa. That is what we have just seen.
A modern experiment: watching a debate without commentary!
The recent history of debates, from your favorite magazine
Barack Obama as race avatar, as debater, as failed-and-successful leader.
How will we get by through 8 days with no GOP debates? By savoring our memories of these past two
The first Republican debate that is actually a win for the GOP
For some reason, Willard Mitt Romney forgets his first name
This year's debates have been like pro wrestling -- which is a good thing
What exactly kept Rick Perry from getting to the last item on this three-point list?
I have three important points. One, two, and, ummm, one and two.
Another week, another debate, another demonstration of one candidate's skill.
Mitt Romney has greatly increased his lead over everyone else, at least in the "rational" primary
Rick Perry in trouble for doing the right thing
Haters gonna hate, booers gonna boo
Something you don't often hear in debates: take one candidate and 'mate him up' with another
The newest entry in the race gets a lot of attention, but not necessarily of the right kind
My sympathy to the people of Nevada
The TV talk-show culture raises up its perfect product
Watching the British take up a hoary U.S. tradition.