A few rays of sunshine

[SoCalDem]

1) Most people cannot even name their own congressperson or mayor. and most people are not political junkies

2) Even though millions of people "watched" the debate, probably a LOT of them changed channels because it was a bit boring, and "Tweaky-Mitt" was as hard to watch as "Sleepy-Barack".

3) Replays of the debate came during "regular-tv-time", in the mountain & west time zones and too late for other time zones, so people were probably watching their DVR-ed stuff or something else

4) Partisans watch MSNBC & FOX and we have already decided

5) Combined viewership of CNN, MSNBC and FOX is miniscule compared to the population numbers

6) Most people do not read a paper these days

7) The angst we feel, will pass

[Flashmann]

1. probably watching their DVR-ed stuff

That's exactly what I was doing...Of course I had advance knowledge that rmoney would lie himself silly,and the debate would be a fiasco......So.....I was half right.....It wasn't quite the fiasco I expected,but a fiasco none the less.....

[Arugula Latte]

2. Another bright spot --

Low-information voters might get two big concepts out of it -- Romney lied and he hates Sesame Street.