I can't agree with that Guest either.   His or her perspective fails to realize the scope of the event.   Of course there are other stories that deserve attention, but to shrug it off as a "non-event" ignores the fact that this debate gave 55 million viewers an opportunity to hear the two candidates, one of who they will elect as the next leader of this country. It is easy to be a pessimist and say it doesn't really matter, but you would be wrong.

The debate was remarkably well run. It did not have a lot of "soundbites" but rather BOTH candidates spent time dealing with the issues.   Unless you were looking for them to face off in wrestling trunks in a cage match, this was what politics should be. Lehrer did a wonderful job of keeping the subjects in line and followup questions are not part of the process.