[Purple Haize]

Obamas quote was 'no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this nation.' It was generic and not event specific and failed to call it a terrorist event repeatedly after the Rose Garden

EDITED. the original quote said Acts. Not Act. But Thisis where the moderator stepped in and bailed Obama out

[thepostman]

That is a stretch Purple but I guess I can see where one would think it was direct especially when one already dislikes Obama and loves Romney.

[Purple Haize]

Jim Lehrer was the best moderator so far. Candy Crawley was trying to bail the President out, especially on Libya.

[jbock13]

Romney lost.

[thepostman]

I think it was a draw.

[Purple Haize]

Romney lost.

It was a draw. Both of their favorability ratings took a hit, which is a net win for Romney. The big question is the black guy asking the'Why should I vote for you again' and should get the most airplay.
The Libya thing will be the big take away from tonight

[jbock13]

Romney lost.

The big question is the black guy asking the'Why should I vote for you again' and should get the most airplay.

Oh, the media will just call him an uncle tom. Or worse, like they did to Herman Cain or Clarence Thomas or Allen West. Or, the black racists will insult him even further.

[Purple Haize]

Rachel Maddow isn't sure Obama's performance was enough. And if he's not convinced
Andrew Sullivan has had multiple orgasms on the phone with Chris Matthews

[Purple Haize]

LOTS of Botox in the Luntz focus group.....from Las Vegas

[flamesfan30]

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/ ... jw.twitter

uh no. he never called it a terrorist act. he used that phrase in the rose garden speech referring to 9.11.01

[Purple Haize]

Candy Crawley just admitted she was wrong about the Libya comment

[TH Spangler]

Obama lacked self control; he came across whiny and touchy ... Romney can get tough ~ and ~ stay classy. Obama did show up this time .... but Romney won again.

[jbock13]

Candy Crawley just admitted she was wrong about the Libya comment

Too late. The damage was already done.

[Purple Haize]

Candy Crawley just admitted she was wrong about the Libya comment

Too late. The damage was already done.

It could be but the second day news will be all about it

[TH Spangler]

Two good reasons for me to vote for Romney ....

ROMNEY: I was someone who ran businesses for 25 years, and balanced the budget. I ran the Olympics and balanced the budget. I ran the -- the state of Massachusetts as a governor, to the extent any governor does, and balanced the budget all four years. When we're talking about math that doesn't add up, how about $4 trillion of deficits over the last four years, $5 trillion?

ROMNEY On Energy: Well, let's look at the president's policies, all right, as opposed to the rhetoric, because we've had four years of policies being played out. And the president's right in terms of the additional oil production, but none of it came on federal land. As a matter of fact, oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land, and gas production was down 9 percent. Why? Because the president cut in half the number of licenses and permits for drilling on federal lands, and in federal waters.

So where'd the increase come from? Well a lot of it came from the Bakken Range in North Dakota. What was his participation there? The administration brought a criminal action against the people drilling up there for oil, this massive new resource we have. And what was the cost? 20 or 25 birds were killed and brought out a migratory bird act to go after them on a criminal basis.

Look, I want to make sure we use our oil, our coal, our gas, our nuclear, our renewables. I believe very much in our renewable capabilities; ethanol, wind, solar will be an important part of our energy mix.

But what we don't need is to have the president keeping us from taking advantage of oil, coal and gas. This has not been Mr. Oil, or Mr. Gas, or Mr. Coal. Talk to the people that are working in those industries. I was in coal country. People grabbed my arms and said, "Please save my job." The head of the EPA said, "You can't build a coal plant. You'll virtually -- it's virtually impossible given our regulations." When the president ran for office, he said if you build a coal plant, you can go ahead, but you'll go bankrupt. That's not the right course for America.

Let's take advantage of the energy resources we have, as well as the energy sources for the future. And if we do that, if we do what I'm planning on doing, which is getting us energy independent, North America energy independence within eight years, you're going to see manufacturing jobs come back. Because our energy is low cost, that are already beginning to come back because of our abundant energy. I'll get America and North America energy independent. I'll do it by more drilling, more permits and licenses.

We're going to bring that pipeline in from Canada. How in the world the president said no to that pipeline? I will never know.
This is about bringing good jobs back for the middle class of America, and that's what I'm going to do.

CROWLEY: Mr. President, let me just see if I can move you to the gist of this question, which is, are we looking at the new normal? I can tell you that tomorrow morning, a lot of people in Hempstead will wake up and fill up and they will find that the price of gas is over $4 a gallon.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10 ... z29YSlOGnK

[Purple Haize]

One thing I picked up on this morning I missed last night. When Obama was making his case against Romneys tax plan, Obama said no serious economist says his plan will work. When Romney got up to rebuttal he started to cite the studies that showed his plan did work. But before he could get the Candy stepped in and said we aren't going to go back and forth about which study says what and basically let Obamas point stand.

[thepostman]

I liked Candy, she made me laugh.

[Humble_Opinion]

Candy is a liberal hack and she proved it last night. If the Commission is going to allow people like her to moderate they should at least put one person up there who asks tough questions to both candidates like Chris Wallace. Now that would be worth watching.

The president definitely showed up last night, and his performance wasn't half bad, but it was a debate tailor made for him. I mean look at the questions Crawley selected. Workplace inequality? Are you serious? It was one hanging curveball after another for Obama - but Mitt STILL held his own. And did anyone see Luntz's focus group last night?

[TH Spangler]

One thing I picked up on this morning I missed last night. When Obama was making his case against Romneys tax plan, Obama said no serious economist says his plan will work. When Romney got up to rebuttal he started to cite the studies that showed his plan did work. But before he could get the Candy stepped in and said we aren't going to go back and forth about which study says what and basically let Obamas point stand.

The country's economy is in deep trouble and the debates are reduced to two minute sound bites? Neither party will agree to more. Gingrich had the right idea, Lincoln-Douglas style debates.

[jbock13]

The problem is, Republicans and Democrats both decide who gets to moderate these debates.

It's the Karl Rove wing of the party who actually approves of these Denocrat moderators.

[Purple Haize]

LOTS of Botox in the Luntz focus group.....from Las Vegas

Yes. I did see the Luntz group. Even more surprising, at least to me, was MSNBC's panel of undecideds went towards Romney. That's

[LUminary]

Candy Crawley just admitted she was wrong about the Libya comment

Too late. The damage was already done.

It could be but the second day news will be all about it

Romney missed the boat on a chance to really nail Obama, especially after Obama teed up a softball when he said nobody on his team "would play politics or mislead" (in regard to Libya). Then he got all befuddled when Crowley threw him off telling him he was wrong. But, ample opportunity for all to be made right in the next debate. The focus will be foreign policy so there should be plenty of time to delve into the Libya issue and Romney will be ready. Hopefully he will ask Obama who told Susan Rice to lead the false narrative about the video.

[Humble_Opinion]

Not only that LUminary - but why was Susan Rice and the campaign staff the mouthpiece for the administration's response to the media? Why were they the one's that were touting the official stance of the U.S.? Shouldn't this job have been reserved to the State Department?

[El Scorcho]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/elect ... omney.aspx

51/45.

[RubberMallet]

if romney would of performed better in this one, i would say it would be a landslide victory in october. it will be closer but i'm now not completely certain that obama will win. still think he will (no faith in our voting public) but now not certain.

i actually don't think obama wants to be president anymore.