It won't matter how awful he is, even if there is a debate--
Case in Point:
Frank Lautenberg was horrible in the NJ debates last night, doddering, nasty, conmpletely off-topic and dismissive to the other candidates. Do the local (Jersey) papers and news reports reflect this truth ?? Nope -- they are saying things like "Lautenberg went after Forrester forcefully" and "hit his points well" that he "asked important questions regarding Forrester's change of position on abortion" (making sure that they bring up something that hurts Forrester with his own supporters). They even made reference to Lautenbergs having served in the military, while Forrester did not (unfair point, Forrester signed up for the draft but was not called--whereas Lautenberg looked old enough to have served in WW I). Watching the debate and then hearing/reading the reports in the media makes one think you were tuned to the wrong station -- it's like an "alternate universe" thing *SIGH*