Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has been declared the clear winner of Wednesday's first campaign debate as President Barack Obama stopped short of offensive attacks against his challenger.
Some 67 per cent of those surveyed by CNN in a "flash poll" after the debate declared Romney the winner. Obama's re-election prospects on Intrade, an online prediction market, also fell from 74 per cent to 66 per cent.
alJazeera
Some 67 per cent of those surveyed by CNN in a "flash poll" after the debate declared Romney the winner. Obama's re-election prospects on Intrade, an online prediction market, also fell from 74 per cent to 66 per cent.
alJazeera
Mitt Romney may have given his campaign something of a reset with his performance in the first debate against President Obama.
He appeared more comfortable on stage than the incumbent, and was able at least to lay the groundwork for a message of bipartisanship that could appeal to remaining undecided voters.
NPR
He appeared more comfortable on stage than the incumbent, and was able at least to lay the groundwork for a message of bipartisanship that could appeal to remaining undecided voters.
NPR
The only way that the wonkish, garbled, and distracted performance by the president makes any kind of sense is if the White House has internal polls that indicate that a majority of Americans believe that Willard Romney eats live chickens in praise of Satan. [...] Willard Romney was able to portray himself as a firm, principled national figure of what passes for the rational center. I didn't think that was possible.
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Seriously now, how much would you have bet going in that the president would spend as much time as he did on areas in which "Governor Romney and I agree" and not mention the famous 47-percent video at all?
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Moreover, it may have buried progressive government forever by demonstrating how tight the boundaries really are around what is considered acceptable economic solutions to a battered national economy.
Charlie Pierce
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Seriously now, how much would you have bet going in that the president would spend as much time as he did on areas in which "Governor Romney and I agree" and not mention the famous 47-percent video at all?
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Moreover, it may have buried progressive government forever by demonstrating how tight the boundaries really are around what is considered acceptable economic solutions to a battered national economy.
Charlie Pierce
Post-debate, the punditocracy [...], as usual, decided to score the “debate” on “energetics.” This will make the next debate particularly relevant, as the format of that one is the 90-minute Irish Jig.
Tom Toles
Tom Toles
But then why not? What they say is generally proven to be more or less meaningless in the end anyway.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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