The final presidential debate: 10/22/12

I’m just not seeing that

Rachel Maddow pounced on that one moments after the debate ended. Hah.

PBS commentator has debate tied, with maybe slight edge to Romney. Do these people watch the same debates? WTF? Some white dude with wire rims. Ah, David Brooks. yeah. Tool

This was absolutely an Obama win. It wasn’t a knockout blow, but it was a solid win.

Here’s what FactCheck has to say. Looks like I wasn’t entirely following the back-and-forth, and Obama wasn’t that far off after all.

Big Bird!

He’s a boring ninny. I watch these things on PBS to annoy Mittens.

Spin it, baby.

I’d be hard pressed to call a winner tonight. Obama came out a bit desperate early, got a couple good one liners in toward the middle and maybe lost a little ground toward the end. Romney didn’t impress me incredibly, but I think he understood he didn’t have to be overly impressive.

Is Maddow online or TV only?

David Brooks, who is clearly biased toward Romney, despite working for a “liberal rag”. Mark Shields is more balanced this time around than last time, IMO.

I thought Obama dominated. This was Obama’s best debate, and Romney’s worst. A total reversal from debate #1.

No? He’s running behind in the key states. He needed to win this decisively. He did not, by any objective measure.

Joe Trippi only saying a slight edge to Obama. It was really close. I can see a draw. I thought that Romney stuck with his plan to be stoic and presidential and he wins on points.

Obama had the glare going on. He held his own, but Romney did as well. This late in the game, Obama has to paint a clear difference.

On a side note, the moderator actually did a decent job for once..

Agreed.

Pretty sure TV only.

These are my sentiments as well, excellent showing by Obama.

No freaking way, dude. Not close to a reversal of the first debate…

Finish him!

Yeah, I can’t imagine why anyone would see this as a Mitt win, unless they are letting their biases cloud their judgment. Romney spent a lot of time agreeing with Obama and sweating like he planned on going as Nixon for Halloween.