Dexter Toles hooked up drapes yesterday in the media center at the University of Mississippi, site of Friday's debate.
(Bruce Newman/ Oxford Eagle via Associated Press)
National Perspective
On debate night, who'll be master of low expectations?
Dexter Toles hooked up drapes yesterday in the media center at the University of Mississippi, site of Friday's debate.
(Bruce Newman/ Oxford Eagle via Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Presidential debates have been won and lost over two things: gaffes and expectations. Gaffes can't be predicted. But expectations are established in advance. (Full article: 765 words)
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