Hallefuckinglujah! President Obama is coming back. He's making salient points, he has passion, he's personable, charismatic and engaging. I am so relieved.


Romney, I want to punch him in the neck.

I agree that Romney is doing well and that the President lost some good opportunities. But I bet it will poll at a draw or close to it, perhaps with Romney having the edge.

I lost my feed at the very end. :(

this made me chuckle. :)

He killed Romney on the 47% at the end. This was possibly Obama's best debate going back to 2008.

i'll hold your purse

I have got audio feed of MSNBC and Chris Matthews says Obama prevailed. I hope he's right.

Rachel said it was the best debate of the President's career.

Anyway, whew. The man showed up. So relieved.

I'd like to watch this... **cracking up**

Thanks! Oh my god, he irks me to no end. I cannot express the depth of my chagrin that he was the Governor of my state for four years. I still cannot quite wrap my mind about that.

I think Romney has shot himself in the foot in his mouth tonight. Do you suppose he puts masking tape on his sideburns when he colors his hair?

Now, who's holding my shoes?

DAMN. I wish I had not missed that last minute or so. He brought up the 47 percent? Good for the President.

i've got 2 hands.

They need to let Whoopi Goldberg moderate the next debate.

She'd sit Mitt down so quick his sideburns would fly off.

This has to be the best line in the history of BFP.

I wanted to see what Fox was saying, to see if they were jubilant. They are not. One guy said that it was about a draw with Romney doing better the first half and Obama better the second. So the whole thing -- he said -- was a draw with Obama having the edge.

I have to say that I thought Romney did better than that. But I am excited to see that Fox isn't excited. They're now bitching about Crowley's confirmation of Obama's point re Benghazi. :)

I thought Candy did well. Romney only ran over her once, and she sure got revenge when she confirmed Obama's point re Benghazi. That hurt Romney big time.

He's afraid of Whoopi. He has said as much.

CBS flash poll

37% Obama
33% Romney
30% Draw

If the numbers stabilize and the ground game is good (getting out the vote), we got it.

"Binders full of women" is trending on twitter, etc. lol.

lol. It is funny. It didn't occur to me when he said it. But lol.

I have made up my mind, I am voting for the President. There is nothing Romney could say that would change my mind, because I do not trust Romney and I am always reluctant to vote for someone that brings their religion into their policy decisions, choosing judges, and making laws.

I think President Obama did a much better job and won the debate. However, I think the still undecided voter will be a harder audience to sway. I think they will see the debate as a draw.

I tried to buy www.bindersfullofwomen.com only seconds after it was spoken and someone had already gotten to it!

Two more polls show Obama won the debate if not resoundingly. Rachel was talking fast so I didn't get the info.

I thought Romney scored some big hits, like saying, "We don't have to live like this." I thought he won on style points, but I agree that on the issues, Obama was better.

Obama is handsome, and Romney can come off as a bit of a weasel. I forget how much that stuff matters.

ANyway, I am relieved.

OH yeah, and kudos to the much derided undecideds. They asked some excellent questions.

I saw this picture, too. You can see the extent of his rage and almost deranged sense of competition in his eyes. It really gives me the creeps. I felt his disgust towards the President and overt disrespect throughout the debate. That is a very rageful man under the surface. The word privilege also doesn't even begin to describe his sense of himself.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ues?intcmp=239

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...nce?intcmp=122

How the 'news'paper I read sees it.

Personally, I think it's hysterical that Romney seems to think marriage is a solution to anything.

I was married to Rooster's father....and he's still a deadbeat. I turned him in to Child Support Enforcement 10 months ago, and exactly nothing has been done and I still haven't gotten a dime.

Thankfully, I have a good job with good benefits, and I don't need child support or anyone else to support Rooster....but not all mothers are so fortunate.

Just goes to show how priveleged and out of touch Romney is....sure, in his world if you're married and it breaks up, there's a giant settlement. In the real world, it may just mean that you're stuck with the asshole's bills.

And, yea.....I'm down with the rabid gorilla wish. I can't stand Romney, and Obama has my vote even if he sat down and knitted through the whole debate.

http://bindersfullofwomen.com/

It's well worth the read.

Thoughts
 

I'm going to speak from my Latina place, I'm disgusted and insulted each and every time Mittens brings up his "Mexican" references. What I mean by this is his continous reminder that his parents were born in Maxico.

I happen to be born there as well, he's not a Latino, Mexican, Catholic, culturally raised man. His father was born in Mexico cause they fled there. That's the only reason that Mittens can even let himself to use my people and country as ANY sort of reference. We may be simple folk, the folk who do jobs no one wants but we ain't stupid. He's an arrogant twit even to think that I'd be swooned by his ignorant references.

Phew I had to get that out:\

I don't remember Romney's exact words but I felt his comments were condescending when he said women need "flexible" hours, etc. because they have families. Really? Men don't have families? Really?