0-2. then there's 1984. at this point the incumbent president is ronald reagan and his challenger is the mighty, mighty walter mondale. you can call him fritz. you know, we look back at reagan versus mondale in 1984 as reagan having dominated mondale because he did beat him so soundly when it came to election day. we're not talking about election day. we're talking about that first debate and in terms of that first debate -- it was completely the opposite of the way it was on election day. watch. >> good evening, i'm tom brokaw with nbc "nightly news." a lot of people in most of the instant polls believe walter mondale won an important battle against president reagan last night. >> in this corner at a feisty 170 pounds, the new heavyweight debater of the world -- >> at a tumultuous rally mondale claimed the debate breathed new life into his campaign. >> today we have a brand new