The Obama v. Romney Debate Thread, Part II

[TexTechCoug]

I'm feeling better and better about it. Mitt managed tonight, but there are still two more wild cards left in the race with the next debate and October jobs numbers. If he can manage those appropriately then we can order up some tan brick for a Romney library. I'm still anxious as hell about it though. What about you?

I don't know, and I feel like a lot is at stake for me personally. Between Obama's tax plans and the Affordable Care Act I stand to take an economic beating. I am, as such, fearful of the outcome.

As a life long BYU and Jazz fan I have grown accustomed to hype and close calls only to have my hopes dashed time and again. It seems like my horse is always a loser, and I get the same feeling about Mitt.

In the end the Dem machine will bus enough people to the polls to push Barack over the top.

I thought another Romney debate victory was the only route to the White House, maybe Bob Schieffer will let Jim Lehrer moderate the final debate?

[YOhio]

As a life long BYU and Jazz fan I have grown accustomed to hype and close calls only to have m hopes dashed time an again. It seems like my horse is always a loser, and I get the same feeling about Mitt.

lol. I know the feeling.

[Uncle Ted]

So Obama lied about his grandmother having only a "high school education"...

Madelyn Dunham attended college at the University of Washington before becoming an aircraft inspector for Boeing during World War II.

After the war, she attended UC-Berkeley, worked various jobs, then came to the Islands, where she joined the Bank of Hawaii in 1960.

Why would someone lie about their own family and throw grandma under the bus?

[YOhio]

So Obama lied about his grandmother having only a "high school education"...



Why would someone lie about their own family?

He has two grandmas. You're showing your bias.

[CardiacCoug]

So Obama lied about his grandmother having only a "high school education"...



Why would someone lie about their own family and throw grandma under the bus?

So she didn't graduate from college -- seems close enough to me.

[All-American]

He has two grandmas. You're showing your bias.

He has a lot more grandmas than that. His dad was a polygamist.

[Omaha 680]

Luntz's Dunces again proclaim a resounding victory for Mitt at Luntz throws it back to Hannity. Hannity signs off the segment with a "wow, big night for Governor Romeny." He really is the Rachel Maddow of the right.

[Uncle Ted]

He has two grandmas. You're showing your bias.

His African grandma was a bank manager too?

[Goatnapper'96]

Please don't jinx this with bold statements of a romney victory. You have know idea who will win; no one does

Mitt Romney's has caught Obama in likeability numbers. He could lose but the election is his to win. But you are right that I don't know it but as a non-Jewish reformed Mormon, I don't struggle with absolutes!

[Portland Ute]

I thought that was a fantastic question, and I'm glad Romney got it. I wish he wouldn't have started it by answering the previous question, though.

I thought it was putrid.

It was designed to sub-consciously link Romney to Bush. It put the onus on Romney to differentiate himself from Bush with the assumption that they are pretty much the same guy. It was very much like asking him, "Do you still beat your wife Mr. Romney?"

Whatever he said, he was up there talking about himself and President Bush.

It was also a question that gave Obama the response and free-reign to rip either or both to shreds.

It was awful.

[Omaha 680]

When Obama brought up his Grandma working as a bank VP, Romney should have slammed him in the rebuttal for his fat-cat banker pedigree.

[Uncle Ted]

So she didn't graduate from college -- seems close enough to me.

It seems pretty disrespectful not to mention she studied at two Pac-whatever universities even if she didn't graduate. Well, again, they are only Pac-whatever universities.

[TripletDaddy]

Did anyone ask, "Governor Romney, America wants to know.....mesh or cotton-poly blend?"

[YOhio]

Luntz's Dunces again proclaim a resounding victory for Mitt at Luntz throws it back to Hannity. Hannity signs off the segment with a "wow, big night for Governor Romeny." He really is the Rachel Maddow of the right.

That made me laugh. Watching Fox for post-debate coverage is always the most entertaining part of the night. The first 30 minutes is packed with objective, thoughtful analysis. Brit Hume, Bret Bair, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace are pros and do a nice job. Then they bring in the clowns who feast on red meat until the janitors kick them out to clean the spin room. You always know it's a not a great night for Republicans when Hannity saves the self-loathing Democrats like Kirsten Powers and Ed Rendell until after midnight.

[Portland Ute]

Did anyone ask, "Governor Romney, America wants to know.....mesh or cotton-poly blend?"

He would have answered "corban" or "drilux" and everyone would have been left scratching their heads.