A Debatable Report Card

Dole: "Saddam Hussein is probably better off than he was four years ago."

Clinton: "We need someone who believes in [Medicare] in order to reform it."

Dole: Citing his mother's plea to him not to cut Medicare and Social Security.

Clinton: Recalling his brother's addiction to support his opposition to drugs.

Dole: Seeming a trifle nasty, waffling on assault weapons.

Clinton: Evading on Whitewater pardons before joking with a "No comment.²

Dole: A Showed he was vigorous, ironic, in command of issues.

Clinton: B+ Conveyed he was a doer, not just a talker.

Lehrer: A+. Most presidential.