No matter who wins, we lose

In last night’s debate, neither candidate displayed any real understanding of the economic mess or offered any vision on how to solve it.

Instead, both men treated the audience to a tsunami of talking points interspersed with petty finger-pointing…

As a political matter, Obama won: Both underperformed at the same level on the economy, and both warmed up on foreign policy. Of course, they both know what to say on that topic since they debated it ad nauseum during the endless primaries.

But the economic crisis and bailout are new – and neither candidate seems up to the task. More than one viewer had to be longing for Hillary Clinton, who made the economy her calling card in the primaries.