Chris Dodd, senator of Connecticut
As in the first debate, Dodd suffered the injustice of going long intervals without being allowed to speak — certainly not his fault, but no potted plant has ever been elected president. Failed to match his campaign trail and TV advertising rhetoric on driving the agenda on Iraq and the environment (if you are going to be for a carbon tax, you've got to call out the others for not following your lead).
—by Mark Halperin