The President did perfectly fine, and exactly what he was suppose to do...

[NNguyenMD]

keep things at a draw. Folks who say Romney won are 1)Romney supporters who were going to vote Republican anyway, 2)Folks who are unfamiliar with the details of policy on either side of the debate, and are easily swayed by an angry looking white dude, 3)Folks who support Obama and don't want to leave anything to chance.

Look, challengers are suppose to be lively and angry, and hyper in their indictment of the incumbent's record. Romney did what he was expected to do, but he did not knock it out of the park and he certainly did not knock out the president.

The polls will move VERY little, and if thy do it will not be for any lasting period of time.

The president did fine, I am very proud of his performance and so should the rest of us.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. I agree

He was presidential. He was intelligent, caring, truthful.

[skeewee08]

2. Agree

[Firebrand Gary]

3. Agreed.

[loyalsister]

4. This debate will be long forgotten

Obama held his fire for what will be memorable in the 1st week of Nov.

[landolfi]

5. Agree

Obama let him talk himself into trouble. Romney dismantled his platform in front of the audience, and now he gets to explain why he changed his mind *this* time.

[freshwest]

6. Thanks for the good analysis. I wasn't able to watch, glad to see this reasoned review.

[mrs_p]

7. I also agree

Romney was all over the place. Passionate, yes, but also nearly unhinged. I'm sure a lot of people got caught up in the moment. But, who now can say what Romney really stands for, or why one should vote for him?

[Cha]

8. I read that VP Biden was

suppose to do live blogging during the debate so I imagine there would be a few suggestions in there.

[doc03]

9. I've read some of the posts here and I think I must seen a different debate. Obama just let the

a hole tell lie after lie. He pointed out his lies several times. What was he supposed to do lose his cool and start arguing with him? That would have just
gave them fuel for calling him the angry black man. He looked presidential and in charge to me. Romney came across as the pathalogical lyer he is.

[MrScorpio]

10. Agreed

Most of all, Romney looked desperate.

Desperation is never attractive.

[hunter]

11. Romney was smarmy white dude boss.

Everybody who has ever suffered smarmy white dude boss saw it.