THREE DAYS IN
OCTOBER
HUFFINGTON
11.04.12
WHO’S BLUFFING?
The spin room at the final debate,
at Lynn University, was a circus. It
was so packed with reporters and
campaign officials that it was hard
to move around. And there were
sideshows such as actor Pauly
Shore, who somehow got a press
pass so that he could walk around
and promote a new show, and
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a
hand puppet who at one point ran
past me chasing someone.
A few factors guaranteed that
the third debate would be less
consequential than the first two.
The topic was foreign policy, a
subject that is complicated and
does not move many undecided
voters. The San Francisco Giants
and St. Louis Cardinals were playin