"The Worst Debate Ever"

Politico does not think much of last night's Nod-off in Nashville.

Place the gravity of the moment next to the blah-blah-blah artifice of the rhetoric and overall insubstantiality of the evening and this is what you get: The worst presidential debate ever.

I can't claim as much expertise on the history of the debates, but apparently the rules and expectations have evolved toward the talking-point fests we've witnessed over the last few weeks. Sarah Palin has differed from the men in the race only in the transparency of her ignoring the questions.