Again. I disagree. Debates matter. They matter increasingly as time goes by and the is more obviously an arm of the DNC. People want to see debates, they expect to see debates, and enough of them form their opinions from the debates to make a significant impact.
McCain lost the debates. So did Kerry. So did Gore.
Newt lost his debate with Kerry, when they debated Global Warming.
Are you saying that, BUT FOR their performance in the presidential debates, McCain, Kerry and Gore would have won the election?
Hell's Bells, as it was John Kerry got over 48% of the popular vote and Gore actually won the popular vote and by a large margin. It was only the genius of our electoral college system that kept those two doofuses from becoming President! The debates had nothing to do with it.
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