Perhaps the most frustrating staple of post-debate network news coverage is that all-too-familiar battleground state focus group, the 20 or so "undecided" or "persuadable" voters sitting -- perhaps locked -- in a sterile room, their fingers fatigued from operating reaction dials for 90 minutes straight.
At some point in the post-debate glow, an anchor will throw to a reporter in this room, who will then query the all-American guests on their astute observations. But if ever a public forum needed...
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