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In reply to the discussion: Paul Krugman- Romney's Sick Joke [View all]RobinA
(9,893 posts)and has been around long enough and is smart enough to know better. The debates are theater. That's all they've ever been. Theater criticism is entirely appropriate and all that matters (barring any major blunders about Poland or some such). It's the theater that determines who "won." Rarely does either side say much of anything we have not heard before, rarely are there many specifics from either side. It's always been about who looked at his watch, who voters would rather have a beer with, who was too attack dogish, who had the most wonkery at his command, who walked around the stage in a folksy manner, who knew about supper market scanners, who was wearing the best make-up, what physical position each candidate assumed behind his dias, who sweated, etc., etc., etc.