I want to thank Patrick Appel and Chris Bodenner, the two pillars of the Dish, for all they did last night and well into the early morning. They were helped by Zoe Pollock, Chas Danner and Gwynn Guilford. On nights like last night, as every day, this is a team effort, honed over the months and years, to try and bring you the most efficient, fun, diverse, multi-media real-time coverage of a debate.
My live-blog is here; Romney's lie on regulations under Obama here; the "Binders Full Of Women" meme took off here; the Tumblr meme that expanded on that here; the total debunkking of Romey's Binders lie is here; the first wave of blog reactions is here; Stan Greenberg's relief here; my "bloody elated" phone call to Chris Matthews here; a full twitterverse reaction here; the instant polls summarized here.
Your reactions can be read here and the full Dish reader poll (you can still vote!) on elements of the debate here. Explore the results here. Responses from women readers on Romney's remarks are here. You can watch the rightwing try to take back Romney's Gerald Ford moment when he point-blank denied that the president described the Benghazi attack as an act of terror here. The final reaction round-up from around the blogosphere is here.
My colleagues make all this look easy. But the intensity and passion and stamina they display all the time blows me away. Given the scope of the Dish as it has expanded under the Atlantic and now Beast, one human being simply can't do it. Even now, it takes a toll. But when you have the kind of support and colleagues I have, you realize you're lucky to be able to do it at all. Oh, and thanks to you, dear readers as well. Way over a million visits in one day is quite something.
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