You can look at polls. You can listen to pundits. You can watch the news. But, in my opinion, the best way to tell if your guy has won a debate...just watch the other guy's supporters.
More on that later. As for the debate itself, the topic was right up the President's alley; Foreign Policy. Still and all, I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread in the moments before the debate. Yes, Biden laid out the ground work for Obama's debate strategy. Yes, Obama had a strong second outing. But I couldn't help thinking about that horrible first debate. One more like that and we could very well be inaugurating President Romney come January. Happily, as it turns out, I needn't have worried.