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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat does "winning the debate" mean?
If the standard is for the front runner to get on and off the stage without an embarrassing gaffe, then Hillary won. If the standard is to introduce oneself to new people, then Bernie won.
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What does "winning the debate" mean? (Original Post)
hedgehog
Oct 2015
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Renew Deal
(81,801 posts)1. Ultimately it means movement in the real polls
Chafee and Webb clearly lost. The rest didn't really lose. Sometimes you lose by not winning (O'Malley).
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)2. Small correction.
If the standard is for the front runner to get on and off the stage without an embarrassing gaffe, then Hillary won - assuming we can count defense of the AUMF and proclaiming Iran to b your "best enemy" as non-gaffes
If the standard is to introduce oneself to new people, then O'MALLEY won.
If the standard is to have one's leading issue completely frame and shape everyone else's responses in the debate, then bernie won
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)3. I stand corrected!
elleng
(130,126 posts)4. THANK YOU, Scoot!