This debate is driving me nuts.

[_EAllusion]

Really?

Peace,
Ceeboo

Are you having a stroke?

[Guest]

I hate Obama.

Leher couldn't control the debate. The question choices were unimaginative and therefore easy to rehearse for, not especially relevant for nailing down what a president would actually be like, and made no effort to nail them for their evasive or misleading answers.

See my above post for examples of far better questions and moderating of them.

EA, I/we can't change the game we all saw. The questions (for better or worse) were the questions. The moderation was the moderation. The game (at least as far as debate #1 goes is in the books - The clock reads zero)

For anyone who watched this debate (No matter what our personal political leanings/opinions are), I would suggest that, simply put, as far as Presidential debates go........ Romney absolutely hammered Obama from start to finish.

Just my take.

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_Ceeboo]

Are you having a stroke?

Ohhhh, I see.

Our dialouge is coming to an abrupt end, yes?

I won't engage any further.

Sorry for the attempt to discuss.

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_EAllusion]

Ceeboo -

The public perception of the debate is that Romney won. This is driving he media coverage to enough of an extent that he probably will get a 1-3% bump in the polls for it over the next week or two. Given that he is only down 3-5% in the first place, this is excellent news if you are a Romney fan, which you apparently are. You don't seem to have the capacity to move past this celebration, but this horserace stuff should really be kept distinct from how awesome you think Romney was at articulating policy and overarching vision. On that front, Romney quite clearly was lies, self-contradiction with his own recent campaign, and platitudes. He basically "won" by being really aggressive and smirky about that. Lest you accuse me of bias, I don't think Obama on the other side was winning any kind of actual academic debate either. I'd think this is what you, obviously passionate about politics, would care more about.

So I'd think you'd get over your brief horserace high and be disappointed in the show of it all. It's absolutely absurd that this is the process we choose to pick our presidents.

[_EAllusion]

Are you having a stroke?

Ohhhh, I see.

Our dialouge is coming to an abrupt end, yes?

I won't engage any further.

Sorry for the attempt to discuss.

Peace,
Ceeboo

You're not discussing anything. You're writing empty boasting over and over, regardless of appropriate context, for hour after hour.

[_EAllusion]

Ceeboo -

The public perception of the debate is that Romney won. This is driving he media coverage to enough of an extent that he probably will get a 1-3% bump in the polls for it over the next week or two. Given that he is only down 3-5% in the first place, this is excellent news if you are a Romney fan, which you apparently are.

Incidentally, when Romney slides back to a very slight underdog as he likely will, I wonder if Scott Pierson thinks this will mean Romney is now secretly polling at a super-duper landslide favorite?

[_Ceeboo]

I won't engage any further.

For some clarity:

I hate politics.
I am not a fan of either candidate.
I believe US politics are disgusting, corrupt, and a pathetic failure to the American people

I Watched the debate and was discussing this debate only.

It is my opinion that Romney crushed Obama in this debate. Period!

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And, I am converting to the LDS Church!

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_Drifting]

Is this debate proof positive that the fasts and prayers of members were answered?

[_subgenius]

How do we know Romney won? Was there a points tally; scoreboard; etc?

http://washingtonexaminer.com/media-rom ... le/2509811
http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-w ... st-2012-10
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/krautha ... y-won-big/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the ... st-debate/
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... ig-margin/

and so on....

How we "know" is by actually paying attention to the debate.
You do realize that many American schools have Debate "Teams" which compete against each other....and win or lose these "debates"...you do know about that, right?

[_Drifting]

How do we know Romney won? Was there a points tally; scoreboard; etc?

http://washingtonexaminer.com/media-rom ... le/2509811
http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-w ... st-2012-10
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/krautha ... y-won-big/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the ... st-debate/
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... ig-margin/

and so on....

How we "know" is by actually paying attention to the debate.
You do realize that many American schools have Debate "Teams" which compete against each other....and win or lose these "debates"...you do know about that, right?

I'd heard that American youths were mass debaters...at least I think that's what I heard...