It sounds like the President is getting his ass kicked.

[JRLeft]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The concern trolls would like you to think that.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. I agree with him

I have the debate playing in the next room, and the President sounds sluggish and hesitant (and a little bit wonky). Romney sounds animated and confident.

That being said, people watching the debate say he looks a little psychotic. So let's most most people are watching and not listening.

[earthside]

19. What the hell is a 'concern troll'?

Is this the term to put down DUers who are blogging the debate and are commenting on how Pres. Obama and Rmoney are doing?

[musicblind]

33. I have been here for years. I am no troll, and I love Obama but...

...this debate is not going the way I hoped. Obama could be doing much better.

I am just honest and objective. You can support all of the President's ideas and still thinking Obama is looking down too much, stumbling more than Romney, and seems kind of worn down.

His ideas are all great. It is his delivery ... and the truth is, that's what shallow independents look at in these debates.

He is also being too polite. He should be tearing Romney a new one, and he is holding back.

[martha331]

42. Romney is showing how he handles intense scenarios..shoots from hip and doesn't think first.

This is how he would handle intense crisis..jumps in without thinking things through

[valerief]

2. Thank you for your concern. nt

[kalli007]

3. He appears unprepared

To me.

[kalli007]

11. However Twitt appears to be

Getting flustered, so that's a plus.

[FarPoint]

27. Romney is just spewing his rhetoric

Your right ...Mitt really is not prepared.

[kalli007]

29. Mitt is full of shit

I just hope no one buys it.

[OKNancy]

4. He isn't. some here have high expectations

He is acting Presidential and speaking factually and calmly.

[liberal N proud]

5. Thank you for your concern.

[polichick]

6. What are you listening to?

[doublethink]

7. hmm hmmm...

BS.

[trueblue2007]

8. you could not be more wrong.

whose side are you on anyway??

[liberalmuse]

9. 3 dimensional chess, my friend.

Let Rmoney blow his wad in the first debate. The Chess Master and honorary Vulcan shalll prevail.

[Doctor_J]

32. Please leave that alone

htat canard has been drug out after every cave-in for 4 years.

[SoapBox]

10. I agree...I think he looks slow to react...Mittens keeps cutting him off

and Jimmy the Mod is doing it too.

I don't like the feel of this.

[Justice]

12. Is that what Drudge is telling you?

[Gregorian]

13. Bullshitters always sound good. Obama can handle this.

[MichiganVote]

14. Turn the sound up on the TV honey. Your President is trying to save your ass.

And you probably don't even deserve it. At least according to 47% Rmoney.

[Lint Head]

16. By who? The turd on the opposite side of the stage?

[MADem]

17. It sounds like you're not listening too well.

RMoney sounds frantic, spitting, nervously hyper, and like a piglet who wants to hog all the time.

Obama sounds .... sane.

Unless you think the lunatics should run the asylum, I dunno where you get the "ass kicking" model.

[Gregorian]

18. Guinness world record for most replies in shortest time ever.

[awake]

20. Bull Shit

He just gave Mitt enough rope and let him hang himself, on medicare, wall-street reform and taxis

[JRLeft]

21. I am going by the majority of the posts which are negative.

[trueblue2007]

24. you should stop talking NONSENSE

[FarPoint]

31. Enjoy your visit

N/T

[savannah43]

39. You are clearly not a strategist.

[MjolnirTime]

22. 800 posts just for a blown cover?

[MannyGoldstein]

23. I totally disagree

He sounds reasonable, Beldar sounds crazy/desperate.

[Generic Brad]

25. Says who?

[JRLeft]

26. I am not able to watch, it is only available for me on the radio.

[F. Kafka]

28. My FB News Feed seems to agree

and I've got all my conservative friends (meaning, family) blocked. Mitt's lying like a mofo but is, nevertheless, controlling the tempo of the debate.

Hopefully an electromagnetic pulse will disrupt Romney's circuitboard.

[renate]

34. LOL

He is most definitely controlling the debate. But my LOL is about the electromagnetic pulse.

[JRLeft]

30. Like I said I have read mostly negative posts about the President.

When I read that, I assume he is losing.

[Cha]

35. Here's a positive tweet for ya..

Greg Sargent

@ThePlumLineGS Romney had some good moments, but Obama was the clear winner of the Medicare exchange. Romney is Mr. Voucher now. #debates

[martha331]

40. Romney shoots from hip as usual

Romney is showing how he handles intense scenarios..shoots from hip and doesn't think first. Didn't even observe rule of debate forum

[center rising]

36. Gee, nothing like a little negativity to help Romney!!

[budkin]

37. He's just way too lethargic... it's annoying the shit out of me.

[martha331]

41. Romney is showing how he handles intense scenarios..shoots from hip and doesn't think first. Didn't

Romney is showing how he handles intense scenarios..shoots from hip and doesn't think first. Didn't even observe rule of debate forum

[jollyreaper2112]

38. It's simple

I hate Rmoney and I hate Republicans like a Baptist hates fun but he's glib and speaks with passion while Obama's his usual stumbling, uming and ahing self. He does great when he's reading a speech he had time to mull over and write but he's never good on his feet.

I felt the same way in 2008. In his favor, McCain was even worse. Palin scared the shit out of me because she was a vapid, empty-headed bimbo but she could deliver those idiotic lines like a champ. When I saw her debut I feared we'd just seen the next Reagan. Fortunately, she became self-parody and only effective with the die-hard believers. She has no crossover appeal, not like Reagan, thank Cthulhu.

Nobody is fact-checking in this debate so if you don't already know, all you have to go on is delivery. Rmoney's spanking Obama.

There's plenty of opportunities to kick Rmoney's fucking teeth down his throat but Obama's just not got the fight in him. God, this pisses me off. And for anyone who says this is a concern troll, fuck you. This is about policy, not a cult of personality.

[savannah43]

45. People were fact checking in real time. Google it.

Now everyone who listened heard what Romney said. He's stuck with his blatherings from now on. It's on video and there are many, many who heard him say it all.

[Cobalt Violet]

43. turn off fox news then and you won't have that problem.

[catbyte]

46. Face reality. obama is getting slammed on msnbc

[Cobalt Violet]

47. and they matter why?

[catbyte]

48. Face it. romney won on style but got Romney to admit to voucherizing medicare

If Obama plays this right, Romney lost the election tonight, but Obama has to be more passionate.

[budkin]

44. No mention of the 47% = automatic loss. WTF was he thinking??