Was Tuesday's debate the best ever?

Columnist George Will has created quite a buzz among conservatives due to his conclusion that Tuesday’s presidential debate was the best ever.

In his role as ABC analyst, Will’s post-debate remarks caused many political junkies to sit up and take notice. He said faceoff at Hofstra University should be recognized as a debate that was “immeasurably the best” in American history.

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“(I) think there was a winner in the sense that Barack Obama not only gained ground that he lost, but he cauterized some wounds that he inflicted on himself by seeming too diffident and disengaged,” Will said. “Both men tonight, I think, tip-toed right up to the point of rudeness, but stepped back. It was a very good fight. I have seen every presidential debate in American history since the floor of Nixon and Kennedy in 1960. This was immeasurably the best.”

Like his Washington Post colleague Charles Krauthammer, Will gave the win to Obama.

“I think the president’s tactical victory was on trying to get Mitt Romney to un-ring a bell, which is very hard to do,” Will continued. “First was on self-deportation and immigration. Mitt Romney probably gained some ground with Hispanics by stressing something by which they’re very unhappy — the president’s failure to come up with immigration reform.  But the self-deportation phrase that Mitt Romney used during the primary is hard to get out from under.”

Will said Obama demonstrated strong tactics by waiting until the closing statements, when Romney could not respond, to jab the GOP nominee for his “47 percent” remarks.

Meanwhile, right-wing radio host Mark Levin is taking issue with Will and Krauthammer.