This picture is so important. twitter.com/nemoran3/statu…
— Nick Moran (@nemoran3) October 17, 2012
It seems as if Obama has decided to fight.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 17, 2012
Obama’s killing it so far tonight, and Mitt’s getting pissy.
— Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark) October 17, 2012
RT @thegarance: Whoa. Aggressive move from Romney.
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) October 17, 2012
Shorter Candy Crowley: “Don’t Jim Lehrer me.”
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 17, 2012
Romney has a bad habit of pushing the alpha male bit one push too far. Did it against Perry, did it just now.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) October 17, 2012
Now Romney is telling Candy Crowley what the rules are?
— davidfrum (@davidfrum) October 17, 2012
Now they are yelling at each other. This is a much more satisfying #debate.
— Amy Davidson (@tnyCloseRead) October 17, 2012
Starting to detect a theme here. Liar liar…
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 17, 2012
Obama: Romney, as a businessman, wouldn’t invest in Romney, the candidate. #debate
— Amy Davidson (@tnyCloseRead) October 17, 2012
Angry that “Obama off the ropes” is already a cliched debate take, but it’s clearly what’s happening now
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 17, 2012
So much for the town hall. This is pretty great, and free form.
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 17, 2012
That woman just forced Romney to specify his tax plan more than Obama did all last debate. Maybe because he can’t obfuscate as much w/ her?
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) October 17, 2012
“Of course they add up.” Yay Mitt Romney is lying to so many of our faces at once.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) October 17, 2012
OF COURSE IT ADDS IT, I RAN THE FUCKING OLYMPICS
— Alex Pareene (@pareene) October 17, 2012
who owns bindersfullofwomen.com?
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) October 17, 2012
Is Mr. Romney advocating Affirmative Action?! Yes Yes Yes he is. #wow
— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) October 17, 2012
Romney came up through small business, really?
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) October 17, 2012
In his book, No Apology, Romney defended both the Bush stimulus and the Bush administration’s passage of TARP.
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) October 17, 2012
Still have no idea what Obama does in the second term.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 17, 2012
We welcome all immigrants into my binder.
— Romney’s Binder (@Romneys_Binder) October 17, 2012
“gang-bangers,” nobody drink
— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) October 17, 2012
“Self deportation means let people make there own choice” — that’s one way to put it
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) October 17, 2012
Romney flat out just deported recent Latina questioner #debates
— Onion Politics (@OnionPolitics) October 17, 2012
OH!POTUS: “I don’t look at my pensions as much as yours.Yours is much bigger so it takes longer.” #debate
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) October 17, 2012
No answer to the man’s question on Libya. There’s no good answer.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 17, 2012
The most searing line from Obama in this campaign: I’m the one who greets the coffins when they come home.
— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) October 17, 2012
Strong, passionate Obama defense of Susan Rice and his administration against these absurd attacks. Good for him, shame on Romney.
— Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark) October 17, 2012
Has anyone ever seen Obama so pissed on television?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney called out for lying, and the audience applauds. Wow.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) October 17, 2012
Bit of a train wreck for Romney there.
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) October 17, 2012
all of sudden candy crowley is the fact checker
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) October 17, 2012
Rose Garden transcript: bit.ly/Ta69bO
— Michael C Moynihan (@mcmoynihan) October 17, 2012
Working moms and single parents are responsible for gun violence???? Disastrous answer!!!!
— Hussein Ibish (@Ibishblog) October 17, 2012
Obama has done very little on guns. Sad. Romney would do less. Sadder.
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) October 17, 2012
LOL neither of you are going to crack down on China.
— attackerman (@attackerman) October 17, 2012
How about that: Unprompted, Romney evokes 47 percent and his religion.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) October 17, 2012
RT: @kenvogelSo, biggest misperception about Romney is that he doesn’t care about children or believe in God?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 17, 2012
Well, there you go. Saving 47% for the end…
— Noam Scheiber (@noamscheiber) October 17, 2012
CNN undecided lines loved Obama’s answer until he brought up 47%. Then they all went down.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 17, 2012
Wow — not how it felt. RT @michaelscherer: RT @michaelhayes: Romney 40:50; Obama 44:04
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) October 17, 2012
I watched from the debate hall, didn’t see how it looked, don’t know what others are saying. My early impression: Obama killed it.
— Marc Ambinder (@marcambinder) October 17, 2012
Maddow: “Best debate of Barack Obama’s career.”
— Anna Holmes (@AnnaHolmes) October 17, 2012
The prediction that Obama couldn’t attack with the crowd there (which I shared) was way off. He was able to invoke the room in his attacks.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) October 17, 2012
Romney won the first debate by a larger margin than I expected. Obama won the second debate by a larger margin than I expected.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 17, 2012
Romney did, again, come away looking like a guy who could be president, which is probably the most important thing.
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 17, 2012
World to Romney: You don’t have to walk across those coals tonight. Romney: BUT I AM GOING TO WALK ACROSS THOSE COALS.
— Peter Suderman (@petersuderman) October 17, 2012
Clearest sign of an Obama victory: Fox news calling it a draw
— Charles-Eric (@CharlesEric) October 17, 2012
Fox calls it a tie + Andrew Sullivan didn’t kill himself = clear winner
— Col K (@ColK45) October 17, 2012
ANDREW SULLIVAN ON MSNBC RIGHT NOW. HE IS OFF THE LEDGE.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 17, 2012
! RT @mckaycoppins: Sununu in the spin room: “The president quite often is a liar.”
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 17, 2012
Candy Crowley is absolutely being removed from Romney’s Binders tonight #Binders #Debate
— Romney Binders (@RomneyBinders) October 17, 2012
The real lesson of the first three debates: Men should not be allowed to moderate.
— Jesse Oxfeld (@joxfeld) October 17, 2012
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