I’m a political junkie, so it’s rare for me to nearly fall asleep during a presidential debate. But tonight’s almost did the trick. Wow that was boring. (David Gergen got it right on CNN, while Anderson Cooper inexplicably called the debate “fascinating.”) The questions were nearly identical to the first debate (for more on that and Tom Brokaw’s unimpressive moderating performance, check out Greg Mitchell’s column on the Huffington Post), and there was no clear winner–although a tie/snoozfest clearly goes to the frontrunner, Obama. The “town hall” format was supposed to be an advantage for McCain, and while he came off better than he did at the first debate, this wasn’t close to the “game-changer” he needed to boost his sagging poll numbers.