Romney was Kennedy—Obama was Nixon

Romney was Kennedy—Obama was Nixon

I will come to what I mean by the title of this column in a second—the connection between this year’s first presidential debate and the first ever such televised event more than five decades ago. But first, by all accounts, even those shared grudgingly, Mitt Romney left the University of Denver stage following the debate the other night as the clear winner. There was no knockout, but it was a lopsided decision on most scorecards.

Yet, as every Washington Redskins fan knows, what happens early in the contest is not nearly as important as what happens in the second half—and...