Who won the debate? Commentary from CNN contributors

CNN — CNN Opinion asked contributors for their takes on how Donald Trump and Joe Biden did in the final presidential debate. The final presidential debate Thursday night in Nashville, Tennessee, was a refreshing respite from the childlike shouting match that we witnessed the last time President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off. Paul Callan: The last debate may have propelled Biden to the presidency Despite his chronic case of malignant narcissism, President Donald Trump demonstrated occasional flashes of dignified “presidential” behavior last night. SE Cupp is a CNN political commentator and the host of “SE Cupp Unfiltered.” Keith Boykin: About that Abraham Lincoln thing Keith Boykin Keith Boykin To accept what President Donald Trump said at Thursday night’s debate would require what the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once called a “willing suspension of disbelief.” Trump revised history to create an entirely fictional universe of misinformation on a number of issues, but nowhere was this more insidious than on the subject of race. Follow her on Twitter at @JessAnderson2 Raul Reyes: Trump failed his two most important tasks Raul A. Reyes CNN Former Vice President Joe Biden was the winner of Thursday’s debate because he stayed focused on what matters to the American people, and he did not allow himself to be thrown off track by President Donald Trump’s accusations and interruptions.