Obama is Back. Romney flattened!

President Obama is back! The strong, confident, well-informed and self-assured President was back on stage last night landing punch after punch on Mitt Romney!

In the very first question Romney revealed his strategy; talk in generalities. It was the strategy he used all night, never really explaining in any detail exactly how he was going to accomplish his grand vision. His arguments all came down to this: Trust me. Trust my background as a businessman to do what no one except my loyal fan base thinks can be done.

President Obama, on the other hand, was very specific on issue after issue from immigration, to the economy to energy independence, taxes and women's concerns.
Obama was not afraid to challenge Romney and repeatedly charged what he was saying was not true. Romney's free pass to lie and distort was revoked.

One of the highlights of the evening came when President Obama took what could have been Romney's strongest attack and turned it into a Romney disaster.

That was when Romney brought up the issue of the attack in Benghazi. Obama accepted responsibility but then, in what must have surely been a surprise to Romney, Obama went on the attack.

And there it was. The angry black man so many cautioned against making an appearance. Staring straight at Romney with fire in his eyes and the look of a boxer about to land a crushing blow, Obama launched his attack saying these were his people who had been killed and expressing both in words and body language, a deep felt anger that Romney would dare politicize such an incident.

Romney's attack was blunted. He was flattened! And it didn't help matters for Romney when he was called out by the moderator for making an incorrect statement about what Obama had said on the day of the attack.

Unlike in his previous debate, Obama ended this one with a right cross across the jaw over the issue of the 47%. He hammered that point home like a boxer putting the finishing touch on the weakened opponent.

Style-wise, the victory again goes to President Obama. He never stared down, looking instead straight at Romney or the questioner. He repeatedly came off his chair before Romney even finished speaking. It was indicative of a man eager and willing to fight.

Last night put an end to all this nonsense we've been hearing about how Obama should not really fight because an angry black man would surely arouse the anger of the conservatives and somehow all the lies Romney told would magically reveal themselves.

Last night was vindication for all of us who wanted a far more aggressive Obama, but more importantly it was vindication for President Obama himself.

Good work. One more to go!