Best Tweets of the Presidential Town Hall Debate
on October 16, 2012
72 Comments
Obama was much more animated, and I'm sure liberals on Twitter and elsewhere were happy much as during the Biden-Ryan debate. But I don't think it helped Obama much. I'll be interested to see the focus groups and polling.
Obama got in some one liners, but Romney completely nailed it on Obama's record of broken promises. A 2 minute primer on the failure of the Obama administration. His line "you know better" may be the line of the night.
Obama did better on Libya than expected, mostly because Obama backed up by Crowley incorrectly said he called it terrorism the day after. But Romney nailed it on the issue of Obama going to fundraisers the next day.
All in all it was not the game changer Obama needed. Obama showed up, but not on the central issue of the election, Obama's record and why we whould expect anything better in four more years.
Update: My column at USA Today, Obama needed debate blowout but didn't get it.
I'm scared.
— DrewM (@DrewMTips) October 17, 2012
Ah undecided voters in mid-October: Democracy's finest!
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) October 17, 2012
In a question about a college kid getting a job, Obama mentions Romney saying Detroit should go bankrupt. So...he is going to attack.
— The Fix (@TheFix) October 17, 2012
college kids wants a job and Obama answer talks about solar, wind, and biofuels. #debates
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) October 17, 2012
Candy just BROKE THE RULES!!! #debate #campaignstaffheartattack
— National Review (@NRO) October 17, 2012
LOVE the Long Island accents. More, please.
— jodikantor (@jodikantor) October 17, 2012
Mitt just knocked the coal / oil / gas question out of the park and made Obama look like a liar. And worked in jobs. Great answer.
— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) October 17, 2012
