I think people in the battleground states are making up their minds early so they can tune out the the remainder of the campaign. If you’re not in a one of those states we have been besieged by radio &TV ads, mailings, and phone calls for a couple months thanks to the huge war chests of both campaigns. For this reason the first debate was by far the most important. I don’t see Obama winning back any of the voters he lost last week. Trying to be objective, Obama hasn’t explained how the next 4 years will be any different that the past 4 years. Instead, he’s trying to sell the last 4 years as being not that bad. And the argument “the other guy’s no good” doesn’t work when in an unfiltered forum Romney has been good.

Correct, and let’s not forget that Obama put Clinton puppet and UN globalist Susan Rice on no less than 5 Sunday talk shows to initially spread the lie that it was all because of a stupid movie trailor that had hardly been viewed by anyone! This is how the Obama cartel is like a snake in the grass, having ignorant puppets do their dirty work while refusing to take any responsibility for Americans being murdered. Now HillBillary throws herself under the Obama bus by saying she takes “full responsibility” for Americans being killed. Is that so? I don’t see her resignation signed,sealed and delivered to the White House.

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By taking “full responsibility” for that part of which she might have been able to influence the terrorist attacks in Libya which resulted in the murders of four Americans, she sets herself up as a potential candidate for POTUS. After all, she took responsibility before Zer0bama decided that he’d better catch up by assuming SOME responsibility as the presumed Commander-in-Chief.

Can’t say I like the possibility of HillBillary assuming a position at the desk in our Oval Office, but it sure was a good political move!

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I saw the debate through the eyes of someone who is not a political junkie, and Obama seemed strong, convincing and more than ready for four more years.
It doesn’t matter that he was spewing lie after lie — his speaking ability is what got him elected the first time, and I think it won him the debate last night. Who except for people like us care about fact-checking afterwards? By then everyone’s back to work, school, etc. They remember what they hear. I KNOW that Obama is against oil drilling on public lands, but what I heard was that he supports the most aggressive drilling ever in the history of oil.
Romney had better get it together. He has one more chance to pull it off. He needs to lay off the list of statistics and start being more persuasive.

I would guess you don’t expect the Pro-Life Action League to come out supporting candidates based on their responses to a questionnaire that they would be more pro-life than the incumbent who actually has voted pro-life. But maybe you actually still believe politicians keep their promises and an answer to a question (which isn’t really even a “promise”) trumps an actual vote.

The NRA is NOT a “Conservative” organization. It isn’t a “conservative” organization either. It is a single issue organization which will entertain involvement in other issues only insofar as they touch on their single issue.

The Nevada (swing state) Focus Group of undecided voters Frank Luntz had apparently disagree with your view of this debate. Most of them believed Romney won the debate last night. And most of the group claimed they voted for Dear Leader in 2008 and only 2 claimed they intend to vote for him again this year. Another focus group came to the same conclusion, though I can’t remember if it was the CNN group or some other.

The upcoming Romney ads need to emphasize Obama’s failure on your third Obama goal. Obama has nothing new to offer. On the other hand, Romney has new ideas to get us out of this economic gridlock.

I’ve found Romney to be very engaging in these debates. I’m compelled to listen to him, I find his words provide movement, fluidity.

He’s tough, aggressive, without it seeming forced, without it seeming like he’s trying too hard. It’s very artfully played. We underestimate how difficult these debates are, to get every point in, to nail every moment, to cover every subject. Romney’s done great, and he did good on Libya, but just made one little slip up that — in the end — it turns out his overall point was entirely correct.

Obama, while more awake, struck me as dispirited, there was something in his eyes that made him look lost. Almost sad. It’s something I noticed, objectively, I don’t think I’m wrong. Some, little thing, where Obama looked tired to me (though others are strongly reporting he was vibrant and aggressive, I did not quite see that).