Excellent read: Joe Klein on journalist as lagging indicators of the campaigns and the public.
DEBATE ROUNDUP:
* As always, FactCheck.org and Fact Checker. But does anyone care about fact-checking?
* Initial reactions from Dan Froomkin and Howard Kurtz. Plus, Amy Sullivan on those beloved dials.
* Cillizza on a quick response from the Obama camp.
* The journalistic stylings of Dana Milbank and Tom Shales.