Jim Lehrer lost this debate.
He let Romney run roughshod over the entire process and did not follow up on any of his contradictory assertions. I thought he would do a much better job.
However, we should recall how aggressive Romney was when he put down Newt Gingrich and when he put his hand on Rick Perry's shoulder to get his point across. Obviously lies and flip flops do not matter to him or his followers.
Lehrer should have had a much more restricted time to answer each question and should have controlled the debate much better than he did. He was the real loser tonight.
As for the candidates, simply for expectations purposes, Romney will be seen as the winner by his supporters and Obama will be seen as the loser by many of his supporters, when in fact, Romney was the real loser with his lies and flip flops. The President was perhaps too calm and collected under the circumstances but that is who he is. It will take a couple of days to shovel up the bullshit before any official declaration can be made...
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