Rubio Bests Demings in Their Only Senate Debate

The one-hour debate Tuesday night between Florida’s Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democrat challenger, Rep. Val Demings, the only debate to be held in this race, probably didn’t change many minds. In fact, save for political junkies, very few minds likely tuned in.

In Tampa, where I live, the debate was only available on the local NBC affiliate. In the 7 p.m. time slot, dinner trumps television in most households. We’ll have to wait to see the ratings numbers. But the best bet is that those with their televisions...