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[Leona Lewis]

All that matters is delivery.

This.

If you think substance matters at all tonight, you're forgetting what universe you live in. This whole election is a prolonged performance.

 

[Baconsammy]

"Let states take care of poor, and if they run into trouble maybe we'll help them."

George Bush's approach to New Orleans after Katrina, where the people in trouble were minorities so the decision was to not help them. Fucking Republicans.

 

[NeoUltima]

Romney is very passionate. Obama needs to wake up and deliver better

Obama has a full time job being President.

He doesn't have nearly the amount of time to prepare as Romney does.

 

[TheContact]

nice pathos obama!!

 

[Sirpopopop]

Obama's cool demeanor may just be Romney's downfall.

It makes him look like he doesn't know he's getting wrecked.

 

[cheststrongwell]

Obama getting slaughtered lol

 

[Devolution]

GWEN IFILL AGAIN PLEASE.

THANKS.

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

I've seen a lot of Romney's debates; this is his best performance by far IMO

 

[Kisaya]

Rommey being cold as fucckkk

 

[Cousteau]

Dat greying fox

 

[polyh3dron]

God dammit Obama this is where you say "whatever position Mitt had yesterday on social security might be different now with the way this has been going"

 

[OldAsUrSock]

Romney is coming off as a jerk to me...he needs to look at the camera

Romney is annoying me but Obama just does not get it and they both keep rambling.

 

[DragonSworne]

Jim Lehrer is the WORST moderator EVER

 

[theviolenthero]

Fact Checkers are gonna rip Romney to shreds.

 

[massoluk]

hahahahahahaha, what the hell is this. Now it's Obama's grandmother. How long until we get to their children.

 

[PBY]

I can't believe people who think like this are allowed to vote.

?

 

[MBison]

Romney may be coming across as desperate, but Obama comes across as moronic with his "this is what we need to do" stuff when he's been in power 4 years and done none of it.

 

[SouthernDragon]

1) fuck federalism
2) Romney just dissed Tesla Motors? Well, fuck him, too.

 

[Brinbe]

Obama just seems Presidential and Romney's manic.

 

[torta_smasher]

I disagree, Romney looks frantic and anxious out there, Obama looks calm and collected.

I think Obama is collected but to me he isn't as into it. I think he's winning imho but he can be doing much better than this

 

[Bowdz]

Obama needs to hit on the obstructionist GOP in the Senate.

 

[Fireye]

No he's not. He's aggressive and has no tact. Not to mention the personal attacks.

He did a point by point rebuttal of some of Obama's points. Obama's giving some decent speech material here, but it doesn't sound like a debate to me.

 

[JABEE]

He asked about social security not Medicare.

 

[Bsigg12]

Fact Checkers are gonna rip Romney to shreds.

Should be hilarious to see.

 

[Killthee]

GWEN IFILL AGAIN PLEASE.

THANKS.

Yes please.

 

[Jokergrin]

Did Lehrer just ask for permission to switch topics? Jesus Christ....

lol...

 

[Kyon]

Not that it matters but is gay rights ever covered in these debates? That's probably when I'd pay attention for real

 

[computers putin']

I am not sure what debate so many of you are watching. I fully expected Romney to crash and burn in this debate, but he is proving me wrong and then some, in a big time way.

his aggressiveness worked for him in the beginning even though he was severely lacking in content, now he's coming off as frantic and unfocused.

 

[Azure Dream]

Obama's suffering because he's not shouting over Jim like Romney is. Romney's repeatedly screaming to get the last word.

 

[MeBecomingI]

Romney certainly looks stronger right now. Obama needs to get more aggressive, but his content is certainly more "real." Romney is just aggressive and speaking smoothly. Obama needs to shut him down with the same tactics.

 

[commish]

No he's not. He's aggressive and has no tact. Not to mention the personal attacks.

Comes across as more passionate, not aggressive. Obama seems a bit outmatched and unsure. So far at least.

 

[Ghost_Protocol]

Mitt Romney is an outstanding liar/actor. Simply extraordinary.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

I'm pretty sure Jim Leher sucked last time too

 

[Technosteve]

Wind Turbines and solar take up tons of space to get any worth out of them. If you want clean energy go nuclear if not then do not go green at all.

it's a small price, when the USA only has 300 million people and tons of space.

 

[Smiley90]

Romney may be coming across as desperate, but Obama comes across as moronic with his "this is what we need to do" stuff when he's been in power 4 years and done none of it.

It's kinda hard to do something when all your proposals get shut down by an "we won't let him have anything positive even if it's bad for the people" congress.

 

[Plasmid]

?

Romney is interrupting and saying he deserves the last word, thats not passion it's being a child in a corporate suit.

 

[ivysaur12]

He asked about social security not Medicare.

He asked about both.

 

[timetokill]

After all that, the only thing you can criticize is Obama's delivery?

Hey, I like some of the content of what Obama is saying, but the way he says it makes me feel like he's not even sure he believes it himself. And that's after I put in the work to piece together what he was saying amidst his rambling, undirected bumbling. He doesn't sound put together.

Delivery is pretty much 90% of these debates, for better or worse.

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

Romney may be coming across as desperate, but Obama comes across as moronic with his "this is what we need to do" stuff when he's been in power 4 years and done none of it.

I know sometimes I think he's just not cutting it as total autocrat.

Oh wait a mi....

 

[TangMeng]

Why even bother giving him a time limit

C'mon

 

[Phoenix]

Obama, focus on what YOU have done. That's how you need to be answering these questions. Tell us your strategy and how its working.

 

[LegendofJoe]

I agree with Romney that states should have more control over social programs. That said the world is the laboratory of democracy. It would be nice if we as a country would learn lessons from other countries from time to time.

 

[eBay Huckster]

...Trying to approach this debate with as little bias as possible, but Romney's barely drawing with him at this point and he's been debate prepping nonstop for the past month.

 

[Y2Kev]

Oh, just a point...make separate threads for the next debates. We'll help facilitate that.

 

[NH Apache]

The average American is uneducated and ignorant.

Romney is using blatant scare tactics.

The average american is a middle class high school grad. Scare tactics or not, the average american is not ignorant.

 

[Vire]

Just got home.

Who is winning?

 

[reggieandTFE]

?

Being aggressive does not = passion in someone older than 10 years old.

 

[slightconfuse]

Jim is worse than earl hebner

 

[Tedesco!]

What is on Romney's flag pin?

 

[Bowdz]

1) fuck federalism
2) Romney just dissed Tesla Motors? Well, fuck him, too.