Master Debators

Ok, I just wanted to use that title for a post.

I don't generally watch debates. I also don't pay attention to the political ads prior to an election. I find that anyone who bases their voting on these is woefully uninformed. You have to look deeper into a candidate's history than the dog and pony show, that is an election.
Debates are basically just infomercials for both candidates. They rarely answer any questions, except to sidestep it and launch into their talking points.

You know how, in football, whenever there is a big dogpile of players onto the ball? Nobody can tell who has posession, but both teams will start excitedly pointing in their direction to make it seem like they have somehow determined that their team has posession of the ball. This is done in the belief that it will somehow sway the refs into thinking with them.

That's how I see the debates. Both sides will 'commentate' to death that their candidate won the debate. This is especially the case when, like last night, there was no clear winner.