So just what have the debates accomplished?

After a month where tens of millions of citizens have watched a series of debates, what has been accomplished in the race for president?

These events were presented in a number of different formats and designed to shed new light on the candidates’ views.

Each side will say they were the winner in any of the three face-to-face showdowns between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney. The same is true when the so-called experts parse what was said between Vice President Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Any of dozens of pollsters across the United States will publish their results where the ne...