I'd love to hear Romney close tonight with:"Ladies and Gentlemen, America, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you tonight. You have heard two vastly different approaches to regaining prosperity in this great nation, I hope you will consider the facts, and conclude that my vision is the path we need to take. Should you give me the honor of being your President for the next four years, I can promise one additional thing, I will NOT spend the next four years blaming the the guy before me. Thank you, God bless you and yours...goodnight.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Staff. I love this site. Have for years. This is a safe haven for us all.

Thank you L.com

I am hoping that Romney stay cool & laser focused on ''his'' ideas. no need to attack...yet. Voters need to know definite directions of a president, especially if he has a Congress to work with.

I'm watching on CSPAN. Neither want nor need talking heads telling me what I see and hear. Thank you for this thread.

Okay LDotters, depending on you guys to tell me how it's going. The truth is, I cannot bear to lay my eyes on the Empty Chair. I was born and raised in NJ and now am stuck in DE, haven't I suffered enough?!

I am still suffering from the underwhelming performance by McCain in 2008 so I am not sure my blood pressure can handle watching another debate.

Holy Spirit, be with Governor Romney this evening. Inspire him as only You can do, for the fate of our republic is on this good man's shoulders. This we pray in Jesus' Name, amen.

amen

Amen

Just sent up a prayer for Romney and for the undecided out there to see him in a favorable light.

I can't bear to watch...Obama turns my stomach. Convinced he's been fed the questions ahead of time, and praying that Romney makes mincemeat of him, but know the MSM is going to declare an Obama victory, regardless. Depending on my fellow Ldotters to keep me up to speed.

AMEN!

#8

Amen!

Oh jeez....Obama's already won.

Hope Romney brings up all those dictator endorsements Obama's garnered - from Putin, Chavez, the Gulf oil barons, versus Romney's endorsements from Bibi and Lech Walesa.

Lehrer needs a new embalmer.

Romney will kick butt tonight!

Drove up to watch at a Romney HQ in NH. Thanks l.com for live thread!!

Let all things hidden be exposed with no shadows to hide in any longer.

Lucianne for.......Queen of Liberty!

Amen!

I am so nervous...I can't stand to watch..thank God for Miz Luci and all the LDotter's!!!!!!!! thank you ,thank you..

Here we go. Thank you, staff, for this forum. I hope you know how much we appreciate (and need) it. Prayers for Mitt Romney.

Ldotters all: WE ARE FAMILEEEEE!

already a fail by obama... Yeah

Amen #8

The Michelle aniversary line flopped

Didn't take long to blame Bush

First thing:

Blame Bush

Obama makes this about himself again - Happy Anniversary?

God willing, he and his wifey won't be celebrating in front of forty million people next year, because they'll be back in Chicago!

Over a minute in and he has made no effort to answer the question. Talking about energy...the question was jobs!

Michelle is a Sweetie?

Barf. Shout out to Michelle lacked real emotion.

Score Romney. Romantic!

"A new economic patriotism" Yeah... right.

Yes, thank you to the wonderful Ldot site for this thread. And for the unbelievable effort required to present and administer this site. The debate threads are better than the debates. There are many really smart people who post on this site. Being it on posters!

Obama - savings from ending 2 wars. Fact: No savings to apply anywhere else. Entire cost of war financed from borrowings.

Romney looks ready. Obama looks wired.

Wonder how many voters realized Romney is slightly taller than zero...didn't hurt that one of the nets showed the full blown presidential looking Romney motorcade...small things, but rain drops make the storm...Romney of to a good start, good modulation...

Amen #8

1st question Romney did really good,

"Trickle down government" - Brilliant!

Red tie...yessss!!!

Trickle down government

Perfect

I forgot how to update the thread without having to refresh the entire page. Anyone???

Trickle down government. Not bad!

Romney opening good. Obama same old same old.

Obama is still throwing our money around. Good.

Prayers here, too...

Hire more teachers! Tuition low? How?

Teachers? That's nice. Everyone can't be teachers, though. Where will the jobs be? All the jobs!

Did you notice the only jobs Obama recommended are in the public sector? Teachers.

Trickle down govt., love it!

That's right. More Solyndra's.

Obama not answering the questions!

Romney gave an excellent answer.
Trickle down government !! Great line.
Obama looks more nervous than Romney and he is over rehearsed , vomiting out a jumble
of statistics and programs that don't answer the questions.

Mitt calling Barry on his lies right out of the box... nice! Upside the head...."Crushing"

The major problem with minority thinking is, they are not geared to think in Math & Science. They go to school to learn about their ''history'' when they should be looking toward their future.

I am a minority, more because of being a conservative thinking ''Hispanic. I was ignored by my own.

Lehrer just let Obama get away with throwing out all of the dem talking lies and literally tried to shift Mitt to something else and prevent him replying. Mitt ignored him, Good for Mitt.

I Was so afraid this would be a biased debate.

Did you see that look of disdain Obama had looking at Romney.

This isn't about where we've been,but where we are going? Yeah, please drag us through hell another 4 years

Love that Romney got in middle class buried line from Biden.

Obama comes out of the gate with a 5 trillion dollar tax cut whopper. Where did that come from?

#46 use the F5 function key.

Any bets on how long it'll take Obama to give Romney the finger?

Mitt is inundating 0bama with factiods and 0bama looks dejected, then goes into his sound bite diatribe without rebutting a single thing Romney said.

Obama, More taxes, more taxes, more taxes!

Tax cut for the middle class? When? Our income went down, so how would we notice a tax cut, if there even was one? It's possible Obama's lying, since his lips are moving.

Romney has to talk about tax cuts ADDING revenues

Romney seems up. Obama seems down. I like Romney's energy and command of the facts. I think Mitt is going to do well.

The media will give it to Obama. But in November, we're going to give our government to Romney.

Romney mentions o's regime as "the central government", evokes memories of the old USSR, doesn't it.

A debt of gratitude to those brave ones watching. I don't have the gut for it. Bless you for the updates and Ms Lucianne for letting us convene here.

I think I'm in the Twilight Zone. Obama is fos!! Romney is getting him good.

Amen

Mitt isn't afraid of oil exploration. Good for him.

GOOOOOOO Romney !! he is whomping Obama on this question. IMO

Amen #8

Mitt is debating Obama and Lehrer and wiping the floor with both of them. Go Mitt!

Hey Zippy...your two minutes are up.

Mitt is kicking butt. Not playing all that nice. Love it. I'd like to slap that toothy, chimpy smile off the Chair's face, though. Yes, I did say chimp.

Wonder what Obama is seeing on his little teleprompter (down and to his right) that is aking him smile while Romney is speaking....

Romney is doing very, very well.

Romney taking him to school

#72, I know what you mean. I just hit MUTE whenever Obama is speaking. Only way I can get through it. Thank you L-dotters for watching the whole thing and giving your insight.

OMG...it took a half hour to get on the site. How is it going ...can't bear to watch.

This reminds me of election night 2000.

I couldn't get this page to refresh for over 20 minutes. I'm sure there's a lot of debate that I've missed.

Obama is rambling.
Romney is answering.
Obama just dissed the moderator. What a narcissist.

Romney: I have 4 sons – I’m used to hearing someone tell me something over and over again in hopes that I’ll believe it. LOVE that he compared Obama to an immature boy!

Obama's arrogance over his 5 seconds - very blatant.

I can only "watch" it here. Can't listen to the sound of the Ones voice. Thank you ms lucianne.

Jim is on my last nerve. Debate better than I thought it would be. Romney taking Obama to school. Obama should have prepped with someone other than the broads on the View, Letterman and Beyonce,

I am seeing the difference between wise business experience and one who is talking the points given to him by a staff. I see someone who has worked at business and one who has no personal experience running a business.

Obama the state decided for their people, what worked there won't work for all, the federal government came down like jackboot thugs on healthcare.

Maybe I'm too cynical and am just expecting to be led down a primrose path...but it just seems that Romney is trouncing BO time after time...and BO is gettin testy, bitchy, snarky...all the traits that everyone LOVES so much about him. Go Mitt Go!

Thankful for the Debate bingo game someone posted on my Facebook wall. Only thing that got me through this.

By the way, we both got Bingo with Obama's use of antithesis. :-)

Go Romney - Obama keeps harping on lies, and he's getting called on it.

Dear Lord, thank you for my many blessings.
Please bless Romney tonight.
Please give him your guidance and inspiration.
Please allow him to talk clearly and directly to the world and show how hussein's policies are destroying America, killing innocents, encouraging dependence and terrorists, punishing hard work and success, and moving us closer to Sodom.
Please open the eyes of the liberals so that they see hussein is bad for the world.
And, please forgive me for my sins.
Amen.

BIG Holy Spirit- led, unified prayer meeting today. We were hooked into a nationwide teleconference call from Ft. Worth, TX. We are believing God to anoint ears of all hearers - that they hear and understand THE TRUTH
No matter what is spoken. Prayer is working. O is rattled and rambling. Mitt, continue to stay in charge.

obama eyes are VERY interesting. His pupils are VERY large...we all know what that means!!

Romney is AWESOME. He is takin' it to o...and o is VERY angry, imho!

And lastly, Lehrer is SO IN THE TANK for obama it's ridiculous. Coaching, indeed!

Thanks for the thread. I can't stand to watch, so I will rely on my friends here to keep me updated.

#72, I can't watch either. I think Mitt will wipe the floor with Obum, but I can't stand to even here O's voice, much less watch him as he lies. He truly makes me fill ill.

Mitt is doing great. Obama keeps repeating the same lies even after Romney told him that he has never said that. I love the way Romney did a couple of "There you go again" type responses!! No, Obama is not winning unless you believe someone who keeps repeating lies over and over again even after he has been corrected several times. Thanks for the thread, Ms. Lucianne!!

Romney = awesome! Obama = wrong!