Mondale won the first debate in 84

[dsc]

No really, he did. Reagan was halting, incoherent, and looked old and tired. Mondale turned Reagan's best line (Here you go again) against him with a devastating reminder of the last time he had used it. Reagan went on to have a good second debate and win the election in a 49 state landslide. The fact is Romney, unless fact checkers nail him for all his lies, will be judged to have won this debate. I think Obama will still win.

Obama closed well which also helped. But the fact is Romney did well, Obama didn't. Now I will say that Romney was similar to Gore in 2000 where if the press decides to go after his demeanor while Obama was speaking and his lies then we could see the victory taken from him. Will the press do this? I haven't a clue.

[Nye Bevan]

1. Kerry kicked Bush's ass in the first debate in 2004.

And we know how that ended.

[dsc]

3. actually Mondale did better

but yes, Kerry's win is another example.

[WI_DEM]

2. Yes, but he was also 20-points behind in the polls.

[pstokely]

5. There wasn't more than 40 channels in 1984

And most people only had access to 3 or 4

[GaYellowDawg]

4. Now that is an actual comforting thought!

Thank you.