THIS SHOULD BE JIM LEHRER'S LAST DEBATE AS MODERATOR...I am not making excuses, but I think it is one reason Obama was thrown off his game. He was expecting fairness.
Lehrer is an old man who lost control of the debate from the outset. He sat there passively, never pinned down an evasive Romney to one single specific. Obama was too civil. When you debate a loud mouth, you have come right back at him harder...
The whole thing sucked!!! Obama collapsed and looked scared and did not address the lies Romney brought up. Geeshhhhhhhhh
Mitt was rude and monopolized the microphone and Lehrer let him do it. Mitt made so many complete lies, yet was never called out on them. Yeah, maybe Mitt had the upper-hand time-wise, but for anyone paying attention to the facts, Mitt lost.
Obama/Biden 2012
Because Obama is a class act and Romney is craven and power hungry and will lie, as he did all night long in the most blatant fashion I have ever seen!
Lehrer didn't lose control. Romney is an arrogant blowhard that kept interrupting everyone.
Bottom line, whatever you heard, Obama inherited this nightmare and you have to ask yourself if you want to go back to that nightmare in 2008 then you vote Romney. But anyone with half a brain has to remember that time and how messed up it was after Bush gave it all away to big oil, the military and the 1 percent.
Romney was very good. Probably as good as when he was pitching all those companies with Bain he was there to help and then put them under. Now I can see why they bought his plan but then wished they never knew the guy.
As crooked as the Republicans are, I wouldn't be surprised if he had the questions "BEFORE" the debate tonight. It seemed to me that most of what he had to say was rehearsed; just too suited to each of Lehrer's questions. And don't tell me that the GOP would be above doing this. This is the party of espionage and sabotage.
I love Obama but dang, he got steam rolled by Romney and the moderator would not moderate. Obama was too polite. Hey needs to freaking take off the gloves this race is too tight to give Romney a dang inch and he gave away this debate tonight. He was too wonky and professorial. Romney did well.
Lehrer let Romney run away with the show. Very poor moderation. Romney was rude and a bully.