[TigerClaws]

Agree Mitt didn’t need to get bogged down in a detailed debate or brawl. Women hated it. Instead he went after undecideds.

Disagree Obama misled himself. He knew the truth and for political reasons misled the American public.

[Aria]

I do see how they could have misled themselves - Obama believes his own BS and apparently no one wants to tell him the truth - i.e. Al Queda is on the rise despite the wonderfulness of Obama, the oceans and the planet haven’t changed because Obama is in the White House. If you look at it this way we’ve got a delusional POTUS who is having to face reality and isn’t liking it. Dangerous situation I think.

[HannibalHamlinJr]

I agree with you on that - in hindsight I didn't pick the best excerpt. Thanks for pointing it out.

Maybe this is better as it concerns the debate: "Romney will likely refer to the administration's reaction to the Benghazi attack to counter the administration's claim that it has dealt a devastating blow to al Qaeda and that al Qaeda is "on its heels," as Obama has said many times in the past."

... focusing on the incompetence, ineffectiveness and illusory nature of the Obama administration's handling of terror, allowing the cover-up to speak for itself.

... touches on a couple other issues regarding FP debate message.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Benghazi was a trap last night. Obie has changed the narrative so ofter it would have been basically impossible for Romney to score points because whatever he said would be “fact checked” against the leaked story that benefited Obie (there were quite a few to choose from)

[cgbg]

Mitt needed to act Presidential. Anyone who was ever going to figure it out knew the score on Libya.