PBS NewsHour

Shields and Brooks: First Debate Focused on Details

Clip: 10/03/2012 | 21m 30s

Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and Christina Bellantoni discuss the candidates' performances in the first debate with NewsHour's political analysts David Brooks and Mark Shields. For Shields and Brooks, the most interesting part of the debate were the topics the candidates did not bring up and the comments that went unchallenged.

Aired: 10/03/12

Rating: NR

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