Pundits are spin masters disguised as analysts. They worry about their ratings and all that entails. Thus, unless they are absolutely certain one candidate trounced the other, they will play it safe and make any debate look like a tie, with perhaps a slight edge to one candidate. That is is their claim to objectivity. But that is also why pundits are so good at explaining what has already happened and why they seldom give us insight about likely outcomes.
If before the debate the polls had indicated that Obama was up in the polls by 10 points, they probably would have said he clearly won the debate.
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