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Massacre leaves liberals in tears

New York Post, by John Podhoretz Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/4/2012 3:00:26 AM Post Reply

Slaughter. It was a slaughter. Mitt Romney put on the most commanding presidential debate performance of the insta-commentary era. One could literally watch, on Facebook and Twitter, hundreds of people on both sides of the political divide react in real time as the debate went on. Their reactions were identical, though their moods were not: As Romney dominated exchange after exchange with a surprisingly effective combination of pointed personal touches and remarkable factual preparation, conservatives and Republicans grew more and more jubilant while liberals and Democrats grew more and more alarmed.

It’s Over

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/4/2012 2:57:41 AM Post Reply

I’ve been watching presidential debates for quite a few years, but I have never seen one like this. It wasn’t a TKO, it was a knockout. Mitt Romney was in control from the beginning. He was the alpha male, while Barack Obama was weak, hesitant, stuttering, often apologetic. The visuals were great for Romney and awful for Obama. Obama looked small, tired, defeated after four years of failure, out of ammo. One small point among many: Obama doesn’t even know how to stand at a podium, as he continually lifted up one leg.

A Huge Victory for Mitt

National Review Online, by Larry Kudlow Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/4/2012 2:53:17 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney politely cleaned Barack Obama’s clock Wednesday night in the first presidential debate. A lethargic and at times tired looking President Obama was out-hustled, out-facted, out-energized, and out-informed by the former governor from Massachusetts. Romney offered something completely unlike his convention speech. He focused on strong economic issues. He developed his philosophy of limited government. He convinced me beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is in fact a pro-growth tax reformer who wants to lower the rate and broaden the base in a revenue-neutral fashion that will actually create jobs

Was That Obama’s Dud Double
Who Lost the Debate to Romney?

Daily Beast, by Tunku Varadarajan Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/4/2012 2:51:04 AM Post Reply

I bedded down for this debate, Scotch in hand, expecting to be bored five ways to rigor mortis. Instead, I was jolted upright by a Mitt Romney who seemed, himself, to have been jolted upright by the prospect of doing or dying. He did, most emphatically. And he didn’t die, by any stretch. Did Obama die? Only the polls will tell. But he certainly didn’t do. My God, in the four years that we’ve seen him in the White House, I don’t think we’ve ever seen the president so flaccid, so dull-brained, so jejune, so shifty, so downcast.

Knockout: Mitt Romney Crushes Barack
Obama in First Presidential Debate

P J Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 10/4/2012 3:31:13 AM Post Reply

The first presidential debate opened with a stark contrast: A blue tie on President Barack Obama and a red tie on Gov. Mitt Romney. (snip) By about the 15 minute mark, President Obama appeared to be annoyed. That came after an exchange in which Gov. Romney interrupted moderator Jim Lehrer to deconstruct a misleading Obama charge that Romney plans to raise taxes on the middle class and cut taxes on the rich. Gov. Romney consistently delivered piles of facts, combined with stories about American workers and businesses that put flesh on those facts. It was an extremely effective strategy, showing

Moderator Jim Lehrer Declared the
Presidential Debate's One Clear Loser

New York Magazine, by Margaret Hartmann Original Article

Posted By: Up2Here- 10/4/2012 2:20:52 AM Post Reply

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Jim Lehrer was "seething" over complaints that he was an uninspired choice for moderator of 2012's first presidential debate. Before the candidates had delivered their closing remarks, a consensus had already emerged on Lehrer's performance, with "Poor Jim" trending on Twitter and a new "Silent Jim Lehrer" account quickly gaining thousands of followers. (Snip) One thing these two candidates CAN agree on: Jim Lehrer should only speak when spoken to.

Romney attacks Obama’s ‘trickle
down government’ in first debate

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer & Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 1:48:54 AM Post Reply

Denver - Claiming he’s the true champion of a middle class that’s being “crushed” under President Obama, Mitt Romney went straight at the president Wednesday in the first debate of the campaign, saying his four years in office have doubled the deficit and left the economy gasping. Mr. Obama countered that Mr. Romney is hiding key parts of his plans from voters, but said from what he’s seen, the Republican nominee would take government back to Bush administration policies that led to the 2008 recession. (Snip) Unlike Mr. Obama, who said he wanted to look forward, Mr. Romney repeatedly pointed

Obama the debater: Making
Jimmy Carter look awesome

Washington Times, by Charles Hurt Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 1:39:43 AM Post Reply

Party like it’s 1980! Bewildered and lost without his teleprompter, President Obama flailed all around the debate stage last night. He was stuttering, nervous and petulant. It was like he had been called in front of the principal after goofing around for four years and blowing off all his homework. Not since Jimmy Carter faced Ronald Reagan has the U.S. presidency been so embarrassingly represented in public. Actually, that’s an insult to Jimmy Carter. The split screen was most devastating. Mitt Romney spoke forthrightly, with carefully studied facts and details at the ready. He looked right at the president and

Presidential debate: Mitt Romney
outshines President Obama with
tough, but not disrespectful remarks

New York Daily News, by Joshua Greenman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 1:31:03 AM Post Reply

Pronouncements of who won Wednesday night’s debate in Denver dominated the analysis. Did Mitt Romney effectively land his promised zingers and seem likable enough? Did President Obama defend his record and convey a sense of what a second term would look like? On those big issues, it’s pretty clear: Romney was more on his game — more incisive, more fluid and good-natured through it all. He was tough in his attacks without being vicious or disrespectful. He didn’t over-rely on prepackaged attack

US presidential debate: Barack
Obama gets a rude awakening

Telegraph [UK], by Peter Foster Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 1:29:22 AM Post Reply

If Barack Obama was under the illusion he didn’t have a fight on his hands to win the 2012 US election then he received a rude awakening last night as Mitt Romney scrapped his way back into a race just at the point when many had counted him out. From the very first answer of this 90 minute debate in Denver, Colorado, Mr Romney took command of an occasion that - pundits and public alike - had largely presumed Mr Obama would win. As it turned out on the night, they were wrong. Given two minutes to set out their recipe for creating jobs, Mr Obama went straight to the numbers, wheeling out his favourite

Obama on defensive in
first debate with Romney

Chicago Sun-Times, by Natasha Korecki Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 1:15:23 AM Post Reply

GOP nominee Mitt Romney put President Barack Obama on the defensive on the economy and on jobs Wednesday night as both candidates worked to woo the middle class in the long-awaited first televised debate of the presidential contest. In America’s first chance to watch the two presidential candidates side by side before the Nov. 6 election, Romney hammered away at Obama, citing a surge in unemployment and food-stamp recipients over the last four years and an increase in the deficit. “Middle-income families are getting crushed,” Romney said. He later declared: “I will not under any

Romney turns economic tables on
Obama, slams ‘trickle-down government’

Daily Caller, by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/4/2012 1:14:46 AM Post Reply

During Wednesday night’s presidential debate, Republican Mitt Romney distinguished his view of government from Barack Obama’s, claiming the president favors a “trickle-down government approach.” And according to the Republican nominee, that is not a workable strategy. “What we’re seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle-down government approach, which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams — and it’s not working,” Romney said, in response to moderator Jim Lehrer’s prompt about the proper mission of government. Romney

Strong offense. Weak defense.

Chicago Tribune, by Editorial Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 1:06:07 AM Post Reply

This was a debate for the green-eyeshade crowd. If you tuned in Wednesday night to see President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney offer inspiring visions for the future, you heard more numbers than you did paeans to America. The bottom line on engagement with an American public not five weeks from Election Day: Romney was alert, energized and confident. Obama slumped his shoulders, smiled mostly to himself, and for some reason kept staring down. He was that guy at the meeting who's surreptitiously checking his email. The exciting 2008 candidate of hope and change?

Romney hits Dodd-Frank while
calling Wall Street regulation 'essential'

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Peter Schroeder Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 12:58:45 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney sought to strike a middle ground on Wall Street regulation during the first presidential debate while mounting attacks on the president's sweeping financial reform law, Dodd-Frank. (Snip) "There's some parts of Dodd-Frank that make all the sense in the world," he added. But he lambasted Dodd-Frank as being rife with unintended consequences, targeting in particular a provision that grants financial regulators the ability to identify what financial firms are vital to the financial system and merit heightened oversight. Romney argued the provision effectively codifies "too big to fail"

Chris Matthews Blasts Obama for
Debate Performance, Urges Him
to Get Talking Points from MSNBC

NewsBusters, by Matthew Sheffield Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 12:57:06 AM Post Reply

An angry Chris Matthews sharply denounced President Obama's performance in the presidential debate tonight, implying his knowledge of the facts was "first grade." Matthews also urged Obama to tune in to MSNBC so he could learn a thing or two from the supposedly non-partisan hosts and guests on the channel. "I don't know what he was doing out there," the normally effusively pro-Obama former Democratic operative raged. "I don't know how he let Romney get away with the crap he threw out tonight." Video and transcript below the fold. Matthews went on at length castigating Obama for failing

Romney puts Obama on
defensive on deficit

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Erik Wasson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 12:55:32 AM Post Reply

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was able to put President Obama on the defensive on the deficit in the first presidential debate. Coming into the debate, the deficit was Romney's strongest issue and he moved aggressively to shore up the lead he has built up in that area. Obama largely failed to delve into his own lengthy attempts to forge a grand bargain on the deficit with Congress last year, or to put the blame for its failure on the House GOP's unwillingness to raise any taxes — a key Democratic talking point. (Snip) Romney put the $1 trillion budget

Presidential debate:
Round One goes to Romney,
by many measures

Los Angeles Times, by James Rainey Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/4/2012 12:55:06 AM Post Reply

Americans might have been surprised by their reintroduction to Mitt Romney and President Obama in Wednesday night’s first debate. For months they had been hearing about Romney, the heartless capitalist, and Obama, the unapologetic socialist. The two men who discussed the future of the country for an hour and a half in prime-time television looked nothing like those caricatures that have been presented by ideologues. Both men came across as reasonable, competent and, yes, presidential. But that sense of command presence accrues more to the benefit of Romney,

Romney lands punches against
subdued Obama in first debate

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Amie Parnes & Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 12:51:32 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney dominated the critical first presidential debate Wednesday night, landing punch after punch on a noticeably subdued President Obama. The GOP nominee came into the evening needing to shake up the narrative of the race, and he appeared to succeed. Throughout the 90-minute debate in Denver, the first showdown of the presidential contest, Romney aggressively questioned the president's record while defending his own economic priorities. Meanwhile, as Obama offered a safe defense of his record and policies, Romney often interrupted and seemed eager to engage.

Analysis: Mitt Romney Brought
Debate to President Obama’s Soft Spots

ABC News, by Rick Klein Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 12:45:44 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney got the debate he needed by bringing the campaign back to the recent past. Romney’s point-by-point critique of President Obama’s record was sharp, specific and sustained. He managed to steer the debate toward the central challenge of the Obama reelection campaign: the disappointment over his own unfulfilled promise. “But you’ve been president four years,” Romney said, in an unlikely zinger early in the debate, unfurled when Obama talked up his deficit plans. “We know that the path we’re taking is not working. It’s time for a new path,” Romney said as the 90 minutes drew to a close,

Obama Walloped On
Intrade Early In Debate

Business Insider, by Henry Blodget Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 12:40:06 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney got the better of President Obama in several early exchanges in the first presidential debate, and Obama's Intrade odds reflected it. Obama began the debate with just under a 71% chance of winning reelection. After 50 minutes of sparring, his odds had dropped to 67%. (See right edge of chart. Click here for the latest odds.)

US election - presidential debate live

Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/4/2012 12:36:36 AM Post Reply

Live reaction after Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's first time head-to-head in Denver, Colorado. 04.50 (23.50) The snap post-debate poll from CNN/ORC is decisive and will make for very unhappy reading in Chicago. Voters felt Romney won by a margin of almost 3-1.[Snip] Romney won the debate because he knitted together a political philosophy and specific economic policies far better than Obama. Whether it was on the role of government or how to create jobs for small businesses, Romney was clearer and more articulate. The debate offered little new in the way of specific policies beyond

There Went the Boom

National Review Online, by Jonah Goldberg Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/4/2012 12:35:02 AM Post Reply

I’ve been getting more and more cautiously optimistic about Romney in the last few days and, going in, I had a pretty good feeling about tonight’s debate. But I had no expectation that Romney would simply control the night the way he did. I don’t think Obama did terribly on the merits, even though he clearly lost by a wide margin on points. But you don’t really score a debate like this on points. Romney simply dominated and deflated Obama. This was the first time millions of people ever heard Mitt Romney make a case for himself at any length. Most Americans didn’t watch the GOP debates.

Mitt Romney Absolutely Destroyed
Obama In Tonight's Presidential Debate

Business Insider, by Grace Wyler Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/4/2012 12:32:34 AM Post Reply

Republican nominee Mitt Romney has clearly been practicing for tonight's presidential debate. He really hit his stride in the second 15-minute segment of the debate, when the questions turned to the issue of the debt and the federal deficit. Asked about the deficit, President Barack Obama launched into a pseudo-rambling spiel attacking Romney on everything from Big Energy subsidies, to refusing to raise taxes on the highest income earners, to tax breaks that go to companies moving jobs overseas. But Romney was ready for all of it. Asked to respond, Romney shook his head, "Well, he covered a lot of

Incumbent Debate Curse:
Barack Obama Falls to Mitt Romney

National Journal, by Ron Fournier Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 10/4/2012 12:32:17 AM Post Reply

Correction: The latest version of this story incorrectly reported the year of the Bush-Kerry race. It was 2004. Call it the curse of incumbency. Like many of his predecessors, President Obama fell victim Wednesday night to high expectations, a short fuse, and a hungry challenger. If Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t win the first of three presidential debates outright, he more than covered the spread. He was personable, funny, and relentlessly on the attack against a heavily favored Obama. The president looked peeved and flat as he carried a conversation, for the first time in four

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