Back in September 1960, millions of Americans tuned in for a real "TV first" this week.  They watched a debate by the two major presidential candidates running for president in 1960. Who won?  Did the debates impact the vote? It was super-close, and Senator Kennedy won by 114,000 votes out of 70 million cast that day.  It was 49.72% vs. 49.55%. The conventional wisdom is that JFK won "the video" and Nixon won "the audio." Your guess is as good as mine.  It's like losing the pennant by one game and arguing about which "one loss" made the difference. What impact did it have?  We will never know. What do we remember from the 1960 presidential debates?  First, Senator Kennedy looked better on TV than V.P. Nixon.  Second, Cuba was an issue, but no one would have believed then that the U.S. would allow the USSR turning the island into a Soviet...(Read Full Post)