True to form partisans on both sides are calling victory for their guy. Once again, it probably comes down to how the independents feel about it.
Obviously, Obama did a much better job than he did in the first debate, but it was difficult to be worse. On that point he probably matched Romney and maybe got a few more jabs in than Romney did. For Romney's part he was probably on a consistent level with his first debate, but probably was perceived as being a little worse because the President did so much better than last time.
My biggest take from this debate is that neither side has any respect for the rules of the debate and add to that Moderator Candy Crowley's infliction of fact-checking at best incoherently in the middle of responses and not making any attempt at times to try to cut them off on their alloted times, and then cutting them off again at inappropriate times, in order to get all the questions in.
It's clear after 3 debates that these two tickets cannot stick to a formatted time limit. It's also clear that they both spew a lot of muck and untruths, but there are bits of truth in there. I'm not sure we are going to learn anything new in the 4th debate, as there are more concerns about domestic issues and the economy than Foreign Policy. But it appears that Libya could be a hot topic in the final debate.
I'm taking a checkpoint on where the polls are this morning and will look to see movement from there over the next week before Monday's final debate.
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