Who will win the debates?

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Kerry is a mediocre campaigner, though he becomes superb when the campaign winds down, hence the "great closer" tag. He pretty much saves most of his energy for the big push.

Kerry can be a very solid debater, several notches above the 10 dems that ran this year. I'd put him somewhere between Gore and Clinton. He never comes across as arrogant in the debates.