Who Won Debate

McCain pledges balanced budget, criticizes Obama

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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.