To the unwashed O could have made a lot of points had he not resorted to petulance. But he instead contrasted himself to Romney.
For two debates Romney came out fighting. In this third debate I was taken aback at how different his tone was. But in retrospect I think he just rope-a-doped Obama to hurt himself with two key groups: women and undecideds. We’ll see.
I was unable to watch debate- therefore had to wait for transcript. I think Romney won debate near the end when he laid out 5 steps for economic recovery and tied it to foreign policy. Obama had no sensible rebuttal, moderator tried to steer answer back to foreign policy and Romney continued to make his point.
This may not have been as apparent in live version as Obama and mod kept interrupting.
I read full transcript on link from npr that poster put up about 4 hrs past FR-
I think you made a great point, Romney has a strategy going on, he was playing poker now that I look back at what happened and what people are saying. Today is going to be very interesting, and tomorrow even better when Trump makes his announcement. I can’t wait!
Obama was looking to attack attack... Romney did not give him many lines of attack, so -bama angrily sat there and finally manufactured them, for which Romney said “attacking me is not policy” or some such.
Obama destroyed himself last night - anyone who had not decided unabashedly “FOR” -bama did NOT come over to his side last night. Romney gained many.
Truly Brilliant.