I'm a little disappointed that Romney agreed to the troop pullout in Afghanistan.I'd rather he said he'd step up efforts to eradicate the Taliban but maybe the country has been conditioned to believe this crap about Afghan troops taking over. That's a real laugh. They're in it right now for a paycheck but will become part of the countryside without US troop backup.

I think the only Afghans capable of protecting the country is the Northern Alliance troops but they've been isolated by Obama and karsai.They don't want any part of the corrupt government which has been overlooked by Obama in his race for the gate.

I was bitterly disappointed that Mitt did not press Obama for answers about what happened in Benghazi, why the Ambassador and a host of CIA were there, and why was Nothing Done to send in support and relief. I had to to turn off the debate for several minutes before I could sit through the rest with heavy use of the mute button.

Mr. Romney has run a great campaign, so I'll have to give him the benefit of the doubt on the decision to "go soft" on Benghazi. Its going to be a long two weeks. Pray.

What I saw was a srategic effort to point out that inspite of all of Obamas grandiose talk about his accomplishments , the world, especially the Middle East is in more disarray than when he came to office. Unless you are an idiot you know what happened to our Americans in Libya...they were murdered by terrorists while a drone provided video for hours with no response from the WH. To get bogged down in that discussion would have given Obama the opportunity to go on and on and on about I, I, I. Romney took that from him. I am going to continue to pray. On the split screen I saw a man, calm under fire, sure of his plan for this country's rebirth as a leader instead of a cowering giant and on the other side a man who has no plan but more of his failed policies, seething anger at being challenged, with not even a budget to show from his tenure. Oh, and he didn't take that shot at Osama Bin Laden the greatest group of military expertise in the world took that shot, the Navy Seals, to which he gave no credit. I am tired of the I's that seem to fall so effortlessly from his mouth. The "I" has failed. Come on voters, seek wisdom and vote with it.

The best point in the article is that Romney is likely to be elected.

Pay attention to Barone. By the end of next week, and maybe already, this man will not be wrong about who will win.

I am not a foreign policy expert but also haven't been asleep the past four years and Obama tried to dazzle us with BS.

Obama was fired by a real boss last night, and he didn't even realize it!

Either Romney was being real crafty or Obama just flat out debated him. Hoping for the former, fearing the latter. It will come down to the economy, Romney wins.

The Benghazi issue was a smart feint by Romney, in that is sure looked like until the actual debate he would go after Obama on it. And, LOL, I'm sure arrogant Obama spent an inordinate amount of time preparing his Benghazi counter attack, once Mitt raised the issue. And after Obama's shameless lying about his Rose Garden speech, he would just make up whatever facts or timeline adjustments were necessary to beat Romney on this topic. Obama had to be infuriated and taken off-stride by Romney not addressing Benghazi. To Obama, Romney is smarter than he looks and that is infuriating to The One. Romney is definitely in Obama's head by now.

Agree #9... Romney went after Obama on the one thing that really ticked him off in the other debates... economy.. Obama had all these one line zingers ready to spout and he didn't get a chance to use them.
His loud voice and glares did not look or sound good.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I saw a Lion being harassed by a junk-yard-dog using mean looks, petty snarls, and bared teeth as it's weapons.
What should have been an elevated yet humble person bearing the Gravitas of the most powerful position in the free world was hideously replaced by something almost Ferrel in appearance and demeanor.
I cannot wait for November 6th to rid our country of this bloody stain on our collective conscience.

Romney deserves more credit for a very smart, very effective debate. One thing an experienced debater learns is to focus on the goal and to avoid giving the opponent opportunities to distract or score. Obama undoubtedly came prepared with canned answers on Benghazi, and had Romney engaged him on that subject the way some of his supporters wished, the headlines today would be full of clever one-liners that "devastated" Romney. Instead, the best Obama got in was the gratuitous line about horses and bayonets. Romney got the chance to flesh out his "Apology Tour" charge, and he brought it home with possibly the best line of the election -- the one about US not dictating but freeing people from dictators. Better still, he did it without sinking to Obama's yappy level. Romney kept his eye on the goal, and this debate performance probably clenched the presidency.