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The one bit I didn't get was the stuff about "after the debates, where do you go? Spin Alley." What was that about?
Once the debate is finished, journalists go to a press room to write (or more commonly now, type) up their notes and submit it to their paper, newsroom, etc. Because journalists often need to sprinke a few quotes through their pieces (or need to interview a few experts "on-camera"), there are experts on-hand in these rooms to fulfil those needs.
More recently, these experts tend to be spin artists who ensure that the quotes are wholly on-message for their candidate or even consist only of explanations for why their candidate "won" the debate. This is why such spaces have become known as spin alley.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=what+is+spin+alley
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