Who Won Debate

McCain pledges balanced budget, criticizes Obama

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain promised Wednesday to balance the federal budget despite the nation's deepening e...

Sam Stein

Who Won The Debate? Clean Sweep For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


The insta-polls, which provide viewers with a somewhat skewed but important insight into how each candidate fared say, by and large, that Obama scored...

McCain Lost the VP Debate Too

Robert Shrum | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Robert Shrum

Sarah Palin has experience being a runner-up -- which will come in handy in November. Tonight she barely kept up. By any rational assessment, Palin wasn't up to the job.

Ignore The Pundits: How To Figure Out Who Won The Debate

Judd Legum | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


Judd Legum

The winner of the debate isn't the person who makes the best arguments. The winner of the debate is the person who moves votes to their side.