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Who won the 16 Oct Presidential Debate

Who Won?

  • Total voters
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I think Romney did well on economics, with his '25k' loophole closing and a break for the middle class.
 
The board is set. The pieces are moving. I don't think much is going to change between now and Nov. 6.
 
I'm rather disappointed that Obama passed on his chance to address Fast & Furious....Shows there's something he doesn't want known.
 
Why didn't Romney bring up that Obama stood up in front of the United Nations, and blamed "the video" for the Libyan attack?

There were so many questions I was screaming at the TV that Romney just refused to bring up. He kinda wussed out.
 
I think it was more a tie than anything,both were constantly attacking and interrupting each other more than they were articulating what they want to do....The first debate was much better.
 
Josie said:
Honestly, I think they both were very strong on different issues. I see it as a tie.
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Same here. They were also stuttering equally on different issues which I found to be embarrassing.
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
Same here. They were also stuttering equally on different issues which I found to be embarrassing.
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This is true.

As late in the game these two gomers are at, you'd think they'd have memorized their key material by now.
 
Strucky said:
I'm rather disappointed that Obama passed on his chance to address Fast & Furious....Shows there's something he doesn't want known.
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Meh, he knows that is a topic that isn't going to gain or lose votes. So I wasn't expecting him to waste his limited time talking about it.
 
some weird questions tonight! What the hell was that Bush question all about?
 
I think this debate was rather close because both were aggressive. The reason I think Obama pulls ahead is because of the Libya comment that Romney was called out on.
 
Behavior: Obama (Romney was outrageous with the mod at the beginning)
Economics: Romney
Social: Obama
Foreign policy: Romney fumbled for no reason

I think, for now and without review etc, Obama won. Mainly because Romney forgot about Benghazi.
 
Higgins86 said:
some weird questions tonight! What the hell was that Bush question all about?
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Seriously!

What the hell was the "women's equal pay" question about? Maybe I'm just in the wrong part of the world, but I seriously do not see anything that supports inequality. Help me if I'm wrong, but with all the other problems in the world, this moron asked this??
 
I think it was a tie. It seemed like there was a lot of lying, because they were often directly contradicting each other.

I really think left-leaning people will think Obama won, Right-leaning people will think Romney tied/or won. moderates will vary with a slight edge to Obama.

But the reason why most people think Obama had the slight edge in the debate is cause he did soo bad last time... when people saw him actually do well, people got excited and recognized the improvement... Romney did not really improve that much,but he did just as good. And I feel the debate coincidentally fell in Obama's favor on what points he got to address first and and the ones he got to apply first.

The debate was truthfully a tie.
 
Velvet Elvis said:
Seriously!

What the hell was the "women's equal pay" question about? Maybe I'm just in the wrong part of the world, but I seriously do not see anything that supports inequality. Help me if I'm wrong, but with all the other problems in the world, this moron asked this??
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You're not a woman, so perhaps that is the problem? Romney was evasive if he would have signed the Ledbetter Act, when asked about it earlier this year.
 
Velvet Elvis said:
Seriously!

What the hell was the "women's equal pay" question about? Maybe I'm just in the wrong part of the world, but I seriously do not see anything that supports inequality. Help me if I'm wrong, but with all the other problems in the world, this moron asked this??
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yeh that was another weird one! As was the assualt rifle question.
 
Gina said:
You're not a woman, so perhaps that is the problem? Romney was evasive if he would have signed the Ledbetter Act, when asked about it earlier this year.
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As I said...correct me if I was wrong. I do know, that in my family, the wife ALWAYS makes more. (Not the most manly thing to admit, but still...) I just do not see it as an issue as pressing as the economy, health care, etc.
 
Obama wins appearance by a lot
Obama wins substance by a little - neither candidate was specific enough to win by a lot, but Obama was better at clarifying his plans and handling Romney's criticisms
 
It looks like most of 'my right wing friends' are calling it a tie.
 
Velvet Elvis said:
As I said...correct me if I was wrong. I do know, that in my family, the wife ALWAYS makes more. (Not the most manly thing to admit, but still...) I just do not see it as an issue as pressing as the economy, health care, etc.
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Well, you are in a minority of families. My mom made less than men in her position, CFO, and I heard the CFO of my company complain because we were hiring a man at a certain wage and he thought the male candidate should be offered more.

You may not see it as pressing, but then, by your own admittance, your wife makes more.
 
Higgins86 said:
some weird questions tonight! What the hell was that Bush question all about?
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These were questions from the "undecided". Did you really have high expectations from people who are still undecided this late in the game? ;)
 
Donna Brazille on ABC will claim its Obama no matter what happened
 
Sarcogito said:
These were questions from the "undecided". Did you really have high expectations from people who are still undecided this late in the game? ;)
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The questions were mainly from the left but I agree with you. I have ZERO use for people that weak intellectually having any role.

Romney had far better facts. But he also blew the best softball when Obama was lying about Libya
 
If you want to hear an incredibly biased take on this listen to NightLine right now
 
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