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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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4. I'm not sure what it means to win or lose a debate in this polarized climate

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 07:24 PM

Sep 2016

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It isn't exactly like Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson where their differences were fairly nuanced. Someone who thinks one or the other of these characters is nothing less than the antichrist isn't going to do a 180 because of debate quips.

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Poll: Majority of Voters Say Clinton Won First Presidential Debate [View all] SunSeeker Sep 2016 OP

How could anybody watch that debate and not say HRC won? Botany Sep 2016 #1

Blind hate? SunSeeker Sep 2016 #2

The other 47% just want free stuff. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #11

Came in third! Dr. Forrester Sep 2016 #3

I had to think a second - Mira Sep 2016 #5

Hillary has won more Presidential debates than any major party woman candidate in history. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #8

I'm not sure what it means to win or lose a debate in this polarized climate Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #4

Debates are about pulling in the undecideds and energizing the base. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #6

No undecided is going to learn anything about these two they don't already know Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #13

Well, independents definitely learned something about Trump, and it was not good. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #17

And lookie here: 9% of viewers polled said the debate changed their mind! SunSeeker Sep 2016 #18

Only 52%?...what the hell ever... Chakaconcarne Sep 2016 #7

52 is a nice number bigwillq Sep 2016 #9

Only 21% gave it to Trump. That is a 31-point trouncing. nt SunSeeker Sep 2016 #10

How can this be? The internet polls said trump won! William769 Sep 2016 #12

That 26%? llmart Sep 2016 #14

She didn't win the debate. cstanleytech Sep 2016 #15

True. When you're talking a 30+ point margin, she definitely crushed it. nt SunSeeker Sep 2016 #16