Last Night's Debate: The "Experts" Weigh In

    Real Clear Politics has a good summary of the debate reaction. And that reaction pretty much fits the pattern of the previous debates. The "experts" give it to Hillary, with Obama a close second, and Richardson unimpressive as usual.
    What's disturbing in all this is that one senses these "judges" are mailing in the scorecards. The press generally wants a two-person race so it's going to make the debates conform to that, reality be damned. The truth is we think Edwards has put in some pretty good performances and Joe Biden hasn't been bad either. But saying that would destroy the symmetry that the race demands.
    By the way, we still think Deval was the most impressive.