Balance of Time
For the first time in over 3 hours of presidential debates, President Barack Obama brought up Mitt Romney’s comments about the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes.
And when the the second presidential debate ended, Obama again had a big advantage in time, according to CNN’s clock.
Obama: 44:03
Romney: 40:50…
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Candy Crowley Reviews
… probably aren’t going to be great, from the campaigns or many viewers. She never really seemed to have control and there weren’t enough questions from the voters.…
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That Exchange Over Pensions
… in which President Obama told Mitt Romney he didn’t spend as much time looking at his pension because it wasn’t as big as Romney’s is probably going to get a lot of airtime in the next few days, not just because of Obama’s quip but because of the level of Romney’s aggression.…
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Can These Moderators Equalize the Time?
In the first presidential debate, Barack Obama spoke more than four minutes longer than Mitt Romney. Nearly an hour into the second debate, Obama has spoken for two more minutes than Romney. Moderator Candy Crowley did just acknowledge the disparity.…
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Tough Questions
Anyone who thinks professional journalists acting as presidential debate moderators ask better questions than laymen should watch this second presidential debate. These are some tough, concise questions that get to the heart of people’s concerns.…
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Women Voters
A woman questioner gave President Obama a chance to hit one out of the park with the question about unequal pay for women since the president did, as he said, sign a bill that will lengthen the time women have to sue for pay discrimination. But the discussion then went far afield as both tried to appeal to perhaps the most important segment of voters right now: undecided women. Mitt Romney broadened the answer to the economy as a whole and the number of women who have lost their jobs.…
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Numbers Game
President Barack Obama has a habit of going deep into Washington-speak when he’s talking about taxes and the budget. Can people really keep up with the trillions of dollars he’s adding up and then make the leap to how tax rates are applied?
Now Mitt Romney is using the same language in talking about his own plan.
And they’re both arguing again and Candy Crowley is having trouble getting to the next questioner.…
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Twenty Minutes Into the Debate
Moderator Candy Crowley has already asked more questions than the town hall voters.…
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“This has not been Mr. Gas or Mr. Oil or Mr. Coal”: Romney About Obama
President responded by saying Mitt Romney, while governor of Massachusetts, stood in front of a coal plant and said, “This plant kills.”
Fact-checkers will be all over this one.
Now, they’re absolutely squaring off on oil and gas permitting. Romney pressed the president to say by how much he had cut permits. Romney seems to be chasing him on the stage over this.
Very confrontational. They’re not debating now, they’re arguing. …
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Question from College Student
Funny that the student asked what the candidates could do to assure him and his PARENTS that he could get a job after college. …
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