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Mitt, on points

New York Post, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 4:26:30 AM Post Reply

That was no heavyweight bout last night between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney — more like a couple of welterweights jabbing away at each other. But give Romney the victory by decision — because, unlike the president, he scored on substance rather than style. That’s an achievement in itself, given the strong headwinds the GOP candidate faced. For one thing, this was a different and more effective Obama than in their first debate — more aggressive and confrontational. Obama stole a leaf from Joe Biden’s playbook and repeatedly interrupted Romney. Moreover, the debate was held in a liberal Democratic bastion,

Obama running on fumes

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 10/17/2012 2:30:28 AM Post Reply

They don’t like each other. They really don’t like each other, do they? No knockout blows. Barack Obama was better than in Denver, but he’s still got this very big problem, namely, his record. It doesn’t matter how many extra minutes moderator Candy Crowley gave Obama (somewhere between three and five, depending on which network you were listening to), he’s still stuck with his dismal economy. “Does that mean you’re not hurting?” Obama told one New Yorker after rattling off a few bogus sunshine-y stats. “Absolutely not. A lot of us are.” The biggest disappointment of the evening was the

Gallup: Obama down among
every demographic from 2008

Washington Examiner, by Conn Carroll Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:46:32 AM Post Reply

Gallup posted the first peak inside their daily tracking poll demographics today and there is zero good news for President Obama. His support has declined among every single demographic identified by Gallup, often by double digits. Obama’s biggest losses are among college graduates (+2 to -22), southerners (even to -22), Americans aged 30 to 49 (+6 to -10), and, surprisingly Obama is also down among postgraduates (up 30 to up just 14).

Green Party Candidates
Arrested at Presidential Debate

ABC News, by Abby Phillip Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:42:06 AM Post Reply

Green Party candidate Jill Stein and her vice presidential running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested at the Hofstra University debate site today as they protested their exclusion from the second presidential debate. Stein and Honkala were jailed for disorderly conduct around 3 p.m. when they were blocked by police officers as they attempted to enter the debate hall, according to Stein’s campaign manager Ben Manski. Manski said that it was unclear when they would be released, but they could remain jailed until midnight. The Nassau County Police Department said that it was unclear when Stein and Honkala might be released.

Obama Calls for Renewal
of Assault Weapons Ban

ABC News, by Devin Dwyer Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:39:09 AM Post Reply

President Obama tonight said he’s interested in seeing an assault weapons ban reintroduced, breaking his silence on the legislation, which has persisted in spite of at least five mass shootings during his term. (Snip) “But I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets. And so what I’m trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally. Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced. But part of it is also looking at other sources

Moderator Crowley helps Obama
rebut Romney on Libya

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Julian Pecquet Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:35:49 AM Post Reply

President Obama had the help of moderator Candy Crowley during Tuesday's second presidential debate when rebutting an argument from Mitt Romney about his administration's response to last month's attack in Libya.Romney and congressional Republicans for weeks have been lambasting the president for taking too long to qualify the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that left four Americans dead on Sept. 11 as a result of terrorism. (Snip) In an interview after the debate on CNN, Crowley said Romney's broader point that the Obama administration didn’t initially call the Benghazi assault a terrorist attack was correct.

Slight Romney Edge:
Momentum Continues

National Review Online, by Stanley Kurtz Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:22:36 AM Post Reply

President Obama certainly showed up at this debate, and at points did quite well. Romney matched, and I think exceeded him by a bit, especially in the second half. But the debate was close. Ultimately, the contest was tilted by Obama’s less-than-inspiring record. On the deficit, on the economy, and on Libya, Romney effectively took advantage of the weakness in that record. Romney’s answer on his differences with President George W. Bush was superb, and particularly effective. The question is, regardless of who you thought

Obama Voter Tells Fox
Focus Group: President's
'Been Bullsh--ting the
Public With the Media Behind Him'

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 1:20:11 AM Post Reply

Pollster Frank Luntz got more than he bargained for on Tuesday. In a focus group on Fox's Hannity program after the debate, one of the participants who voted for Obama in 2008 said of the President, "He’s been bullsh--ting the public with the media behind him" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):UNIDENTIFIED FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT ONE: The President was on defense all night long, and we only got one question on Libya, and he was totally on the defense about that. UNIDENTIFIED FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT TWO: It’s because he’s lied about everything.

Candy Crowley: He Was Right

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:20:07 AM Post Reply

After the debate, debate moderator Candy Crowley said Republican nominee Mitt Romney was “right in the main” but “picked the wrong word” on the Obama administration’s immediate response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead. Crowley interrupted Romney during the debate, insisting that President Obama had in fact called the attack an “act of terror.” ROMNEY: I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror. OBAMA: Get the transcript.

'Independent' Audience Asks Twice
As Many Anti-Romney Questions

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:20:04 AM Post Reply

Candy Crowley’s disgraceful performance tonight masked her true failure: her failure to pick questions outside the Daily Kos mailbag. Here’s the full list of questions she pre-screened from members of the “independent” audience. They got more and more egregious as the evening progressed. (Snip) So here’s the final tally. There were 11 total questions. Six of them were clearly and obviously anti-Romney. Three were anti-Obama. Two were relatively neutral (and one of those leaned toward Obama). The questions that were anti-Obama were also the two most obvious questions of the evening: why are gas prices high? And what have you

Post-Debate CNN Poll: Romney
Buries Obama On Economy

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:17:51 AM Post Reply

Like the CBS poll, Obama won the overall debate, 46-39%, but Romney beat him senseless on all the important individual issues like the economy, health care, deficit, and taxes. Unlike the CBS poll, CNN polled registered voters, not just undecideds. Economy: Romney wins 58-40% Health care: Romney wins 49-46%. Taxes: Romney wins 51-44%. Deficit: Romney wins 49-36%. Strong leader: Romney wins 49-46%. The worst news is that 25% of voters switched their vote to Romney and 25% wen to Obama. In other words, Obama didn't move the ball, which is what he needed to do.

The Moment Obama Folded

American Thinker, by J. R. Dunn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 1:16:30 AM Post Reply

The most single telling moment of Tuesday's debate - and possibly of any of the debates - came early, when Obama attempted to interrupt Romney one time too many. The governor rebuked him, politely but firmly, and Obama simply turned and went back to his stool. Now, you can get away with anything if you carry it off with enough in the way of panache. There are plenty of politicians who would have gotten away with what Obama was trying to do. Lyndon Johnson would have brushed aside all protests. Richard J. Daley would have blustered his way through.

Obama, Romney Get
Feisty in Second Debate

Townhall, by Guy Benson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:13:23 AM Post Reply

Hempstead, NY - President Obama was noticeably sharper and more aggressive in tonight's debate, as both candidates exchanged barbs throughout the evening. Mitt Romney excelled by focusing on jobs, jobs, jobs, and repeatedly forcing voters to notice the canyon between Obama's rhetoric and his record. (Snip) UPDATE III - CBS News' snap poll shows very split opinions on tonight's winner: Obama 37, Romney 30, Tie 33 -- with a four-point margin of error. Basically a wash. You know what's not a wash? These CBS respondents were asked who won on the economy. That result was Romney 65, Obama 34. Smiles

Crowley skews hard for
Obama in disastrous debate

Washington Times [DC], by Joseph Curl Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 1:13:16 AM Post Reply

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Another debate, another debacle for America’s media. In the runup to the second presidential debate, CNN’s Candy Crowley declared that she would not just be a “fly on the wall” as she played the tiny role of moderator, that she would step in whenever she chose to say, “Hey, wait a second, what about X, Y, Z?” And boy did she, cutting off Republican Mitt Romney repeatedly and often throwing the floor to President Obama with an open “let me give the president a chance here.” More, she alone decided the topics for the debate,

Crowley's False Fact Check
Saves President, Derails Debate -
UPDATE: Crowley Backtracks

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:12:38 AM Post Reply

Romney "picked the wrong word!" And for that sin the the referee ran onto the field and tackled the other guy! This is a scandal; a total and complete media scandal committed by a woman who promised to violate her contract and to insert herself into the debate. All she did for weeks was brag about how she intended to grab the spotlight -- and boy did she ever. Absolutely disgraceful. We're done with the second presidential debate, but it was apparent 45 minutes in that between the questions Crowley chose

Candidates Tangle
in Fractious Debate

Wall Street Journal, by Carol E. Lee Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:09:52 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama, seeking to regain momentum in his campaign, battled with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during a tense and highly anticipated rematch Tuesday marked by repeated confrontations. (Snip) Mr. Obama, who was under intense pressure from supporters to be more aggressive after his lethargic performance in the first one on Oct. 3, began attacking Mr. Romney less than four minutes into the debate, noting his opposition to the federal auto bailout. "Gov. Romney says he's got a five-point plan…He has a one-point plan," Mr. Obama said of Mr. Romney's economic agenda. "And that plan is to make sure

Battle Royale: Obama,
Romney in Town Hall Brawl

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:09:16 AM Post Reply

Tonight’s debate was a tense clash between incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The theme of the night was obvious: Mitt Romney answered the questions. Barack Obama did not. But he was flinging his fists so wildly about that he was able distract from his failure to answer those questions. The high point for Mitt Romney early in the debate was clearly an exchange on oil prices. Romney hit Obama with his cuts to oil drilling licenses and failure to greenlight the Keystone pipeline. Obama insisted Romney was lying – and Romney answered

George Will: ‘This Was
Immeasurably The Best
Debate’ I Have Ever Seen

Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 1:09:06 AM Post Reply

During ABC’s post-debate coverage, conservative columnist George Will had a glowing review of Tuesday night’s second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney. When asked who won the debate, Will responded: “I think there was a winner in the sense that Barack Obama not only gained ground he lost but he cauterized some wounds that he inflicted on himself by seeming too diffident and disengaged.” “It was a very good fight,” he added. “I have seen every presidential debate in American history since the floor of Nixon and Kennedy in 1960.

Candy Crowley Disgraces
Herself With Outrageous
Tagteam Hit on
Romney Over Libya

Newsbusters, by Matthew Sheffield Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:06:22 AM Post Reply

CNN correspondent and second presidential debate moderator Candy Crowley disgraced herself tonight, repeatedly intervening to save a floundering President Obama and showing why many Americans were rightfully suspicious of her ability to moderate a presidential debate fairly. Her most outrageous act tonight was her incorrect seconding of Obama's statement that he declared the Libya terrorist attacks to be "terror." While Obama did indeed use the word, this is not what he meant by it. Instead, he was simply referring to "acts of terror." There was no mention of Al Qaeda or any of its affiliates with respect

Obama Scores the Most Debate
Points, but Verdict Uncertain

National Journal, by Ron Fournier Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 1:03:53 AM Post Reply

Like two roughnecks squared off on a playground, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney invaded each other’s personal space, raised their voices, and fought. “It is just not true,” the president said. “It is true,” his rival replied. You could almost hear both men thinking: “Same to you and more of it.” If you like to see presidential candidates fight for the job, if you want a passionate dialogue over big issues that matter, you got what you wanted on Tuesday night. If it’s civility you seek, you’re sunk. Who won? The answer may be Obama, because his goal following a

Tonight

National Review Online, by Rich Lowry Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:03:11 AM Post Reply

President Obama was much better than last time, not surprisingly. He got in all the expected hits on Romney, and at times threw out more things at once than Romney could plausibly respond to, unless he wanted to spend the entirety of his time in rebuttal mode. Romney, on the other hand, wasn’t quite as good two weeks ago. I think he’s at his weakest as a performer when he gets a little too worked up and shows too much concern with the rules. He did both tonight. He also said “I know what it takes to grow

Candy Crowley Disgraces
Herself With Outrageous
Tagteam Hit on Romney
Over Libya

Newsbusters, by Matthew Sheffield Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 1:02:57 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney Wins Debate
on Smooth Presidential
Performance, Obama’s Ignorance

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/17/2012 1:01:48 AM Post Reply

Strategically, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama came into the second presidential debate from very different directions. Having won big in the first debate, Romney established himself as a plausible replacement for the incumbent and took the lead in most polls. Obama’s flop failure in the first debate left him damaged as a false messiah and flagging in the polls. Romney had even pulled nearly even with women voters, who traditionally support Democrats and who supported Obama overwhelmingly four years ago. So Romney needed to not fall apart and get out of the debate with

Obama comes on strong,
Romney stands ground
in second debate

CNN, by Tom Cohen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 12:59:45 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama fought back and Republican challenger Mitt Romney mostly stood his ground. The second of three presidential debates on Tuesday night brought the desired energy from the president sought by worried Democrats after a lackluster performance in the first encounter nearly two weeks ago. A forceful Obama defended his policies and challenged Romney on shifting positions on key issues while arguing his Republican rival's proposals would favor the wealthy if elected in three weeks.

China less of a U.S. creditor
as it becomes more
of an election issue

Washington Post, by Zachary A. Goldfarb Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/16/2012 10:42:14 PM Post Reply

The U.S. government has become less reliant on the Chinese to fund its gaping budget hole over the past two years, even as the political rhetoric over borrowing from China has heated up. An enduring meme of the 2012 political campaign — and the battle over the ballooning federal debt in Washington — is that the government increasingly needs China to lend it money to meet its obligations. But new data released Tuesday showed that taxpayers owe China 10 percent less than they did a year ago, even though the federal government has continued to borrow huge amounts

Earthquake in Maine
felt across New England

Boston Globe, by Travis Andersen* Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/16/2012 10:28:35 PM Post Reply

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Maine about 30 miles outside of Portland, Maine, on Tuesday night, shaking the ground throughout New England and surprising thousands of residents who rarely experience the phenomenon, according to geological and public safety officials. The quake hit at 7:12 p.m., the US Geological Survey said on its website. “It was a 10-second event,” said Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety in a phone interview. “And other than residents calling public safety dispatchers to report [feeling a tremor], that was the main aftereffect.”

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