Get me a pen, I'm keeping score of the Debate!!

As I watched the vice-presidential debate tonight, on CNN, there were 6 round "Analyst Scorecards" in which six different political analysts keep score of the debate. When the analyst thought that a candidate had said something very helpful to their cause, they gave them a point on the plus side. When they said something that was hurtful to their cause, they gave them a point on the minus side. There were 3 analysts that seemed probama, 1 procain and 3 in the middle. I think this thing is terrible. If someone turns the debate on in the middle, or towards the end, it could possibly have an impact on the way they vote. If someone is on the fence, and they want to know what happened in the first part of the debate, they might just look at the scorecards and see what the "professionals" say, which is wrong. People deserve to hear what other people think, but I think keeping a scorecard of the debate is a little over the top.