The Great Debate Megathread! Black Lincoln versus whiter, richer Douglas!

[Gups]

It's not a question of people directly changing their vote. It's part of a narrative.

The biggest point is it gives Romney supporters and activists some belief that their uy may win. That belief was disappearing quickly and when it's gone, you're fucked.

So I'd say it's a pretty big deal and the intrade changes are at least partly justified.

[Neil]

Romney can have the debates, because Obama is going to win the election.

Obama has this locked up because two groups of people are stupid:  The people who think that the Tea Party is good idea, and women who vote.

You think voting for Obama is stupid? Because it looks like Obama has locked up the Soccer Mom vote.

Not at all.  I think he's a less capable candidate than Romney, but I think that's balanced out by the fact that Romney's friends are abhorrent.

I just think that women are foolish with their votes, and shouldn't have them.

[CountDeMoney]

You guys have got to check out The Onion's post-mortems as well.

[mongers]

If this is a signal for future debates, whatever bump Romney gets probably won't be temporary.

Expectations will matter though. Anything will be an improvement for Obama (and in 2008 he improved a lot), while Romney's set the bar high. He may have Clegged.

Nice on, but after the 2015(?) election, to have Clegged will mean something else.

[The Minsky Moment]

Apparently Obama's vaunted pre-debate prep consistented principally of raiding Rush Limbaugh's Oxycontin stash.

[derspiess]

You guys have got to check out The Onion's post-mortems as well.

Biden Implores Obama To 'Rub One Out' Before Debate

Not a post-mortem, but

[Ed Anger]

I watched woody woodpecker cartoons instead of the debate.

[The Minsky Moment]

I watched woody woodpecker cartoons instead of the debate.

I put on the networks and heard what sounded like Jeffrey Lebowski talking about tax policy.  Then I realized it was the President talking. Then I switched back to the YES Networks because watching the Yankees pile onto the Bosox was far more entertaining.  Massachusetts Mircale that.

[CountDeMoney]

Once again, Dr. Tyson puts it all in perspective:

Neil deGrasse Tyson - @neiltyson - Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive.

[crazy canuck]

Is this what comes from playing not to lose?

[crazy canuck]

Once again, Dr. Tyson puts it all in perspective:

Neil deGrasse Tyson - @neiltyson - Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive.

I cant believe Obama did worse than the guy that said "I love BigBird"

[CountDeMoney]

Is this what comes from playing not to lose?

Something like that.

But the POTUS needs to be better prepared. 

Then again, when your opponent does a complete about-face on most of his policies that he's been campaigning on for the last 11 months, right then and there, what are you going to do in a prepared debate format?  Wing it?  Very few Presidents can do that, and Obama isn't one of them.

[Viking]

Once again, Dr. Tyson puts it all in perspective:

Neil deGrasse Tyson - @neiltyson - Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive.

I cant believe Obama did worse than the guy that said "I love BigBird"

I can't believe Obama did worse than the guy who said "I love Big Bird" while shipping him off to the broiler farm.

[CountDeMoney]

Goddamn, what a classless cunt. 

Ann Coulter hit President Barack Obama close to home over his performance in Wednesday night's debate.

"Obama was depressed and looking down," the conservative commentator said Thursday morning on Fox News's "Fox and Friends." "You could see, at the end of that debate, he knew, anniversary or not, Michelle wanted to go home with Mitt."

[FunkMonk]

Goddamn, what a classless cunt. 

Ann Coulter hit President Barack Obama close to home over his performance in Wednesday night's debate.

"Obama was depressed and looking down," the conservative commentator said Thursday morning on Fox News's "Fox and Friends." "You could see, at the end of that debate, he knew, anniversary or not, Michelle wanted to go home with Mitt."