Presidential debate thread

[stevemcqueen1]

So the President and his people were so afraid of the counter, they were willing to forgo the biggest hammer they have had on Mitt the last 2 weeks?

That is absolutely terrible. No wonder Bibi is able to stand up at the UN and draw red lines.

If that is the reason the 47 percent was not brought up, this President is incredibly weak. Which I really hope he isn't, because this is a discussion that needs to happen.

I don't think he's weak and I don't think his performance in the debate is reflective of his ability as president. He's gotten a lot of crap done despite facing a horrible economy, two unfinished vastly expensive wars, and the most oppositional and obstructionist congress since... probably ever. You can't do that without a backbone of steel.

And ultimately, I think the media will do the job of excoriating Romney for lying for Obama. That's the funny thing about telling lots of lies, you'll piss people off and they'll start calling you out on it. Has anyone focused on the false claims Obama made? There had to be some.

I doubt any of it matters though. I think the news cycles so fast these things play almost no factor in the way people actually vote when they are at the poll. Romney is an untrustworthy liar and shill for big business and the far right, or Obama is an untrustworthy socialist and redistributionist who wants government to own and control everything. That's what a lot of people will take with them to the polls.