LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

[WilliamPitt]

Better than Biden.

Better than Biden.

Strong, lethally articulate, connected with the audience, and every inch the Commander in Chief. Called a liar an liar, had his facts straight, hit all the high points (47%!!!), slashed his opponent on a dozen occasions, was poised and patient...

...and let Romney stagger and bluster himself into one of the most embarrassing moments I have ever seen in my life.

"He did say that, Governor."

Wham and splatter.

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.

[graham4anything]

1. OBAMA WON!!!

Rachel this time agrees

Matthews said Obama wins this, this, this, 6 clear victories 3 tie 1 mitt

Mitt caught in many lies.

[nolabear]

2. HELL YES!!!

I am one happy Democrat!!!

[arcane1]

3. What is the context of "He did say that, Governor."?

I can't watch it live and have to wait for the fun

[siligut]

22. That Libya was an act of terrorism

That was good, you have quite a bit to look forward to.

[Gregorian]

4. With a nice 47% stinger at the end.

Something about butterflies and bees.

YEAH!

[Robb]

5. Fess up, Pitt...

...which relative of yours was the "George W Bush" question woman?

[ananda]

6. That's our Commander in Chief!

Taking command and getting the last word!

Forward!

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. Oh yea!

That's my Bad Ass President.

LOVE it!

[PatSeg]

8. "Lethally articulate"

Yep!

[Overseas]

9. Excellent! So many great points made clearly and in detail-- versus Lying Rmoney!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. Obama deserves to be President

[TroglodyteScholar]

11. You mean the NEXT president of the United States!

[crunch60]

48. You mean out Second Term president!

[WI_DEM]

12. Agreed!!

[Bobbie Jo]

13. Ass. Handed.

[NightWatcher]

14. the Current and Next President

[theKed]

15. That really was the moment

everything just crumbled for Romney. He tried to connect with a "you're a liar!" haymaker and fell face down on the mat.

[theKed]

16. He told us

[Cha]

20. President Cutie in Chief..

I know I'm bad.

[siligut]

26. Me too then

I love that smile, damn.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. Hey, how can we NOT point out the obvious:

He's BABELICIOUS!!

[reformist2]

17. This is what happens when you (Romney) are surrounded by propagandists who don't tell the truth.

They were so excited about politicizing Bengazi, they don't even know what Obama said and when he said it.

[Cha]

18. So HAPPY!

[jsr]

19. Great job, indeed.

[hue]

21. YES!! President Obama is the clear winner!!

& Mitt had a sick look on his face most of the time!! This was/is repulsive!!

[Sparkly]

23. He and Biden both did their jobs

and did them well.

[Politicub]

24. Right on!

[OhioChick]

25. He kicked Mitt's ass

[Maeve]

27. I have not wanted a cigarette so mch for many years

Damn, that was good!

[TwilightGardener]

28. "Please proceed, Governor..." right into the pile of shit you're

about to step in.

[Buck Turgidson]

32. "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. loved how bombney could barely speak after OUR Prez said that.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, soooooooo good!

[JNelson6563]

29. T'was a thing of beauty.

Truly.

[hay rick]

30. TKO

Major points scored by Obama-

Unused oil and gas leases- exposed that talking point.

Romney's story about recruiting women for his cabinet came across as meeting an affirmative action goal so that he would look good. The punch line was that somebody in NY called his administration the most diverse in the nation. Obama countered with Romney campaign's lack of support for Lilly Ledbetter.

Obama got Romney talking about self-deportation in the condescending fashion that he reserves for all people who happen not to be rich white males.

Libya- "he did say that..."- knockdown.

Assault weapons ban- he was for it before he was against it. Another knockdown- Romney needs every last gun-clutcher to even be competitive.

Just before the final bell, Romney stuck his chin out by saying that the misconception people have about him is that he doesn't care about 100% of the people. Obama knocked that out of the park by reminding everyone of Romney's videotaped remarks about the 47% who see themselves as victims and refuse to take responsibility...

Obama also got a couple Joe-Biden-toothy-grin points in this match. Not that he needed them.

[underpants]

31. Dominating

[David Zephyr]

33. !!!

K&R.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. Yeah, that was a thing of beauty to witness.

[ibegurpard]

35. glad he decided to show up tonight!

let's have another one just like this please!

[lovemydog]

36. President Obama is a president

Romney just a pretender - all bluster, no specifics.

[flyguyjake]

37. If this was the President the 1st debate

Romney would have been DONE!!!

Now we're playing catch up!

I'm praying to God he's not a day late and a dollar short.

[LynneSin]

41. No we're not

First debate winner is like picking the World Series winner from the best team opening week of baseball.

Still had alot of games to play.

[Bucky]

46. Sadly, we are.

Look at the polls. TPM is the best and must trustworthy aggregator. I'm convinced now Obama will make up the lost ground. But there's no point pretending no ground was lost. Obama's performance was just a notch above Pawlentish. Thankfully he pulled it all back together last night. The results won't show up in the polls for another 7-10 days, but he really did stop the bleeding. (So did Biden!)

[LynneSin]

47. Really? Who needs Fox News when we have DUers to help tank Obama

Did Romney get a bump? Yes he did but guess what - not enough to give him more electoral votes than Obama. If the elections were held today Obama would STILL win.

Guess what, we have 4 more weeks and that first debate will be farther and farther away. We shouldn't still be bitching and moaning about the first debate we should be talking about the great points made in the previous debate.

Remember the slogan that Obama uses - FORWARD

Try doing that! If we are to win we are to go FORWARD not keep looking backwards.

If anything I think the 2 debates Obama played it brilliantly. He got Romney in a comfort zone where when the same questions were pretty much asked from the last debate Romney thought he could get away with using the same exact lies. This time when Obama called him on it Romney fell to pieces. Going into the last debate which is foreign policy, Mitt will struggle because all he can do is try to blast Obama's record and look what happened with that moment with Libya.

[Bucky]

49. How exactly is my comment going to "tank Obama"?

No one likes bad news. I get that. What I don't get is people thinking that chastising the news bearer will somehow make the news better. You didn't see Obama spending the week after the debate denying that he did badly. No, he frankly admitted the fault was his and set about preparing to do a better job the next time. Facing bad news square on has been the hallmark of progressivism going back to the first muckrakers. Denying the bad news right in our faces is a trope of conservatism. I like it here on the pro-fact side of that conflict, even if that means sometimes I don't like the view.

[WilliamPitt]

42. I think we're going to be OK

At a minimum, if Mr. Obama loses this thing, it won't be because of that first debate. Not anymore.

[LynneSin]

39. Biden will always be first in my mind...

but that's because he's the hometown guy!

[sellitman]

43. Facts & Style

The winning ingredient.

Flipper didn't know what hit him.

[robertpaulsen]

44. "Can you say that a little louder, Candy?!"

That was President Obama spiking the football after a huge touchdown!

[porphyrian]

45. . n/t