The Obama stare twitter.com/michaelhayes/s…
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 23, 2012
No event in the history of Boca Raton has started later than this debate.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
All I ask is that the #debate not become an argument about whether Obama should have a bust of Churchill in his office.
— Amy Davidson (@tnyCloseRead) October 23, 2012
“And with that unnecessarily long intro, let’s begin…”
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) October 23, 2012
Bloviating answers from both candidates. “Go after the bad guys.”
— Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) October 23, 2012
Mali is the new Libya.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
Romney goes, effectively, for the high ground after that Obama attack.
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 23, 2012
I think Mitt is plagiarizing Obama right now
— Evgeny Morozov (@evgenymorozov) October 23, 2012
Again, I’m not a foreign policy expert, but isn’t Romney just saying he’ll continue Obama’s policies in a more leadery way?
— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) October 23, 2012
Pretty clear Romney strategy is to be cautious; wants to stay away from strong claims without committing to any policies of his own.
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) October 23, 2012
Obama first to mention Israel, Romney first to mention Bin Laden.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 23, 2012
Both men seem to be pro-strength, and pro-leadership. Also, pro-peace, and pro-Israel, and pro-talking.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
Romney: PEACE PEACEFUL PEACE PEACE-Y PEACE PEACE PEACE
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) October 23, 2012
It probably signals weakness to say he agrees with the other guy. But mostly this debate is dull so far, to me
— Michael Tomasky (@mtomasky) October 23, 2012
Obama: “America has to stand with democracy” – and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 23, 2012
Our military spending has gone up every single year I’ve been in office, crows Obama. Liberals, take note. #debates
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 23, 2012
Dear anti-war progressives, Seriously. This debate has to be a bitter pill to swallow. #debate2012
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) October 23, 2012
Major domestic pivot here by Obama. #debates
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 23, 2012
Both candidates really want to talk about domestic politics and the economy.
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) October 23, 2012
Yeah, Bob Schieffer — get ‘em back to foreign policy!!
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) October 23, 2012
Our Navy is smaller now than anytime since 1917. But we have much cooler ships now.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
“We have fewer than horses and bayonets. We have these things called air craft carriers. Planes land on them”Patronizing. Amusing.
— Marc Ambinder (@marcambinder) October 23, 2012
amazing snark on aircraft carriers
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) October 23, 2012
OBAMA SUNK ROMNEY’S BATTLESHIP.
— Matt O’Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) October 23, 2012
HORSES AND BAYONETS HOLY SHIT
— Jake Beckman (@jakebeckman) October 23, 2012
Prediction: A “horses and bayonets” parody Twitter account is coming aaaaaany minute now…
— Liz Heron (@lheron) October 23, 2012
Video of Obama’s best attack: youtube.com/watch?v=DN283A…
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 23, 2012
Obama accuses Romney of lying. Does Secret Service have eyes on Tag?
— David Grann (@DavidGrann) October 23, 2012
Very effective Obama answer on Iran.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
Romney making a strong case for Obama’s Iran policy
— attackerman (@attackerman) October 23, 2012
Romney giving Obama credit for “crippling sanctions” in Iran – “they’re working.”
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) October 23, 2012
Romney draws blood by noting, correctly, that Obama skipped Israel on his big Middle East tour.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
Obama as president has never visited Israel: True. ow.ly/eGscK #debates
— PolitiFact (@politifact) October 23, 2012
All across the world, presidents and prime ministers are asking themselves, “How do we get mentioned half as much as Israel?”
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
“Barack Obama’s policies in Afghanistan have failed, and I will continue them.” – Mitt Romney
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) October 23, 2012
Some people have awful Pakistan policies, but not you, Mr. President.(WHO IS ROMNEY DEBATING?)))
— Marc Ambinder (@marcambinder) October 23, 2012
So Romney will pull the troops out by 2014? What about conditions-based withdrawal? What happened?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
hope Dick Cheney isn’t watching RT @buzzfeedben: “We can’t kill our way out of this mess.”
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 23, 2012
Hello hawks. Is this your candidate?
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) October 23, 2012
5 Romney agreements with Obama on foreign policy now, with the drones question.
— attackerman (@attackerman) October 23, 2012
Better question on drones: Does the killing of children in drone strikes help the U.S. fight Islamist terrorism long-term?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
There’s this phenomenon called global warming. Didn’t we discuss it once? #debates
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) October 23, 2012
Anything interesting happened in Europe recently?
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) October 23, 2012
I want a question about Pussy Riot.
— Max Strasser (@maxstrasser) October 23, 2012
“China both an adversary and a potential partner in the international community.” Obama actually calls China an adversary!
— attackerman (@attackerman) October 23, 2012
China a partner?! Panda hugger #debate
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 23, 2012
Does China sell us bayonets? Because we can cancel that order.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 23, 2012
Obama called Bush a “patsy” on China trade in 2008, but hasn’t substantially changed Bush policies: reuters.com/article/2008/0…
— Michael Crowley (@CrowleyTIME) October 23, 2012
Realized its a dumb non-scandal that’s burned him twice? RT @joshrogin: Why did Romney take it easy on Benghazi?
— Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark) October 23, 2012
Reminder that Mitt Romney’s statements on the auto industry are nonsense. He was against the rescue. It’s that simple.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) October 23, 2012
did schieffer… die??
— Alex Pareene (@pareene) October 23, 2012
@sullydish I.e. Romney is winning so moderator not doing his job
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 23, 2012
Obama won this debate. #debate2012
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) October 23, 2012
CBS poll gives the debate to Obama:53% obama, 23% romney 24% tie.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 23, 2012
“I think it’s unequivocal, Romney won.” – Charles Krauthammer
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 23, 2012
Chris Matthews says Romney should “apologize to America for being a complete cynic.”
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 23, 2012
Fox News: “Marines still use bayonets!” Which ignores that Obama did not say there are NO bayonets, but seems to be what they’re going with
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) October 23, 2012
Drudge’s homepage, fairly neutral. #debates twitter.com/azipaybarah/st…
— Azi Paybarah (@azipaybarah) October 23, 2012
Romney nails Obama on apology tour, education, Iran.. Obama major gaffe on navy .. Romneysails on wapo.st/PmPkJS
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 23, 2012
@timodc @davidaxelrod really why a political hack shouldn’t talk foreign policy
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 23, 2012
Polls show Obama won, but Dick Morris did also, so it kind of cancels out.
— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) October 23, 2012
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