Was this really a debate? I thought in a debate the two sides were supposed to give logical arguments for their position on a specific issue — the two participants speaking one right after the other so that the two sides could be compared. It seemed that Obama, particularly, frequently went off on tangents so that he could work in his various campaign promises (tax cuts for 95%, universal health care, etc.)that had nothing to do with the issue supposedly being discussed. So this “debate” often seemed to me just like more campaign speeches.