Obama is out of touch and reaching for anything to hold on the Presidency. Romney and Ryan are going to turn this country around. It's not about race, cronies and who you know. It's about the american people. Romney all the way.

President Obama won the debate by at least 10%, period.

President Obama won the debate. Romney is a fish out of water when it comes to foreign affairs and is very simplistic in his responses. President Obama knows how to deal with foreign policy, he has experience, leadership and the intelligence needed.

Obama won!!!

Romney is the only one who can get the economy going again not some community organizer.

I wonder about people sometimes, does it really matter who "Won" the debate? So the silver tongue devil has you drooling again, that's understandable, he is an eloquent speaker. He can spin a lie that makes you want to believe it. I would ask that you shake the echoes of him out of your heads and look over your shoulders at his record for the last four years. One must ask, has he done more harm than good? For people who investigate and research for themselves , and not except what is put out by the main stream media, the answers are obvious. Four more years of his failed policies will be the end of the greatest country on earth. "Dreams of his (communist) father". God help us.

As a debater you know you won when your opponent is forced to endorse most of your positions. Last night Gov. Romney was forced to agree with virtually every foreign policy goal the President laid out. Of course the Gov. Was attempting to mask the fact that his advisors are largely constituted from GW Bush's neocons.

Romney once again more steady and presidential. Demonstrated that he is capable of being commander in chief. He will restore respect for the US which has been lost under the current appeaser.

It's amazing to me how people can watch the same thing and come away with such different impressions.
I tend to agree with Chip Coblyn that most of Gov. Romney's actual positions wound up being very close with those of President Obama, despite Mitt's ridiculous attempts to place the current "tumult" in the Middle East on our doorstep.
Mr. Bunker- your spin is a lot of "bunk". The media has many streams; tell us where you do your "research" to prove that Mr. Obama has done more harm than good?- on the Internet, or, perhaps, on talk radio... both highly reliable sources, you can be sure.

Although it doesn't matter who is in office as it is about Congress (no comment or I'll be here all day). I am neither dem or repub and I feel Romney made a better presentation than Obama. Before the debate a panel member stated something about Romney installing elevators in his CA home for his cars inferring he is out of touch. I would like to remind people this is his "personal" money to do with what he wishes. On the other hand with a world in recession what about Michelle jetting off to Europe with her entourage (at our expense). Then there is the time Barack took Michelle to NYC to a play in Air Force One (at our expense). Who's the one who's really out of touch? I also don't like it that Obama keeps talking about people at the top paying more money because they have it. People are paying taxes based on the tax laws nothing else. I personally don't want to be giving up ANY money I worked for to those who feel I should give them something I have because they want it. Look at all the GENERATIONS of people that have been on welfare. They know how to scam the system as well as people coming into this country ILLEGALLY. Remember the 300+ prisoners who dug their way out of a Mexican jail? I'm sure they are on their way to get their s.s. card and drivers license. If we aren't on our way to Socialism why did one of the FB partners take his money and run to Indonesia and why did GE move to the far east?

Obama has brought our country to it's knees, we r trillions of $$ in debt, we will be in the same position of Greece. The snide remarks about our navy & bayonets just shows his complacent & smug attitude. He's a showman selling Americans the Brooklyn bridge again. Obuma's mentors r Saul Alinsky & Frank Marshall Davis, COMMUNISTS!!!! Stop & think about it.

I heard Romney agreeing with a lot of President Obama's policies even on Iran. So what more would Romney do invade and whose sons and daughters would he send there to die? The choice is with Obama you know what you will get a steadily improving life and with Romney you will go back to the issues that created the mess that we are trying to recover from. Nov 6th can't get here soon enough for me please vote for whoever you believe in.

I feel bad for our young people because they are the ones that will feel the wrath of Obama's spending spree down the road. Trillions of dollars and no jobs.

Obama was rude, glarring & condicending & his facts were not correct. Remember..Obama had NO experience in foreign policy AT ALL and his policies are a failure!! The Arab Spring is turning into a nightmare...but the MSM keeps it quiet!! I'm upset Romney did not hit Obama on Libia HARD, but he has his stradgedy I'm sure. Besides...the economy is primary and that is what he will do very well! Obama wants to keep SPENDING and continue destroying the USA! Obama is for GOV. control of everything!!! Romney makes things happen....Obama makes things UP!

Your perception creates your reality

The President needs to provide LEADERSHIP and DIRECTION. It has become clear that Obama has no intent on providing either. Get out of the way!!!!

The President has had a constant foreign relations policy for years, and has been working on same. Part time Governor Romney (absent last two years) seemed to have changed his neocon positions of yesterday to become more in the center. Gee, he changes on a dime depending upon who his audience is. Bet the Tea Party can't be too happy with his new "Obama" foreign policy as he agreed again and again with what Obama is doing.

Romney is the "silver tongued devil". He's an opportunist that has NO IDEA what a president does day to day. He just wants to be President because his Dad never made it that far ...and oh yeah, Ann wants to redecorate the White House. R&R are empty suits that will be told what to do by the same people aho told W. what to do...and we all want the economy circling the bowl again, right? These guys look good...but they're just well-healed used car salesmen.

So touched that Romney is now so concerned about women's rights in foreign countries...and in building up the infrastructure in the Middle East, since he's not interested in any of these things for the US

noone won... I don't like either of them, and really am not happy about the choices, or where it will lead us in the future :-/

I am encouraged to see that some S.E. Mass. residents can actually think outside the Lefty Liberal box that is so prevalent here. The Obama administration figured out a long time ago that 50% of the voters out there will vote for a cool sound byte,or catch phrase. Some of you out there probably cast your vote in 2008 for Hopey/Changey because you liked how it sounded,and thought it might work. We now know it not only did not work,but failed almost entirely. Before you vote on Nov. 6, please go out and seek the facts,not the dribble being force fed to us by the Liberal media mob.

J. Mac -
Only one thing about that "Lefty Liberal box" you write about. Because of it, your vote for President won't count as Massachusetts will give its electrical votes, by a very large popular vote, to Obama. And as far as the "Liberal media mob." How about the Herald, the NY Daily News, the NY Post, Wall Street Journal, and many, many papers throughout the mid-west, south and west that are conservative. Don't forget Fox News. And I do believe we had what you call the liberal media mob when Bush got his two terms.

Mr. Steve back on the blame Bush bandwagon. <yawn> What Mr. Steve forgot to mention as all liberal lunatics do is that Bush had to work with a Democratic house. Btw... Clinton, Frank and Dodd started the housing fiasco.

Mr. Ed failed to mention that Bush had a Republican Senate and Republican house for four years, or did Mr. Ed forget that. Also, credit default swaps were a product developed during the Bush administration. Whereas the housing bubble had to burst at some time, the great recession was pushed over the edge by the actions of the major banks. Such action as selling to their customers investments that the banks knew were no good and indeed were betting against those same investments. All that without name calling like Mr. Ed likes to do.

Mr. Ed- While the blame for the housing crisis can be shared by many, the buck stops at the President's desk. The difference between Bush and Obama is that Bush inherited surpluses and a reasonably strong economy and by the time he left office, everything was in the tank; while Obama inherited that mess and has been struggling to address it. Mr. Ed excuses Mr. Bush for what occurred during his tenure but blames Mr. Obama for his time in office... not very consistent, Mr. Ed.

Malcolm - Another one of those damn facts you all like to ignore. The Republican party, remember them, were the majority party from 1996 to 2000 which, I believe,included the late 90's, so nothing would be passed without Republican, repeat Republican votes. Those same republican votes that have kept Obama from getting anything out of the House like the Jobs Act he wanted. But what the heck, making up your own history and facts is working for your man. Lying and/or making up history is working for Scott Brown too. Perhaps you should read history books instead of listening to Rush.

I'd just like to ask all the females out there, "What about the mothers?" in this pregnancy debate. These mothers with unwanted, life-threatening pregnancies are somebody's baby too! Wake up girls, this Roe v. Wade threat is real. Do you want all the brilliant females you know in the world turned into baby making machines?

GEEZ

Gee Malcolm - what is it. Clinton in the White House or the House. Barney Frank and House Banking Committee are the house which at that time had a REPUBLICAN majority,which means the House Banking Committee was under the control of the REPUBLICAN party. Opps, there goes that argument. So since that argument didn't work, why not try Clinton who at that time was a little busy fighting off impeachment. Lets see, who else. Perhaps Carter - you all like to blame him for almost everything which might include climate warming if indeed you believed in it. Hay, how about JFK. There you go, the housing problem which, again was only one part of the depth of the recession, was JFK's doing.

For 30 years I've heard politicians talking about health care reform and he's the first one to do something about it. The Affordable Care Act removes restrictions on pre-existing conditions, makes health care more affordable for small businesses raises the age at which children can be on their parent's policies removes lifetime caps and more. With the possible exception of insurance execs who would not want these changes?
He ended the war in Iraq and is drawing the war in Afghanistan to a close. Just like he said he would.
He thinks women should have access to free preventative health care. Why is this still an issue?
He believes in equality for all people and signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work and the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell policy".
He supports education by giving more flexibility to No Child Left Behind (thank you!) and by making college aid more available

He thinks millionaires and billionaires shuld pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us. Really this is a no brainer, probably why Romney and Brown are against it.
Despite inheriting one of the worst economic messes since the Great Depression he added 2.6 Million private Sector jobs to our economy and indications are that the economy is slowly but steadily improving. to anyone who thinks it's been too slow-don"t you know you can't turn the Titantic around in a day.

I voted for him before and I will vote for him again.

Succinctly put, Menauhant. Why do I suspect that there are many zealous anti-Obama people who dislike him in such extreme fashion at least partly because of his racial background? Or perhaps people watch or listen to extreme right-wing television or radio and take all that garbage as truth?

Over this year of campaign and through all the 4 years of broken promises, we have struggled through because the little guy has had guts and initiative. It's not owed to the government. It's because of the resourcefulness of Joe citizen.

If there’s one thing that I’ve found in my lifetime, that will knock down the resourcefulness of an individual quickly. That will absolutely bury individual initiative every time – Bureaucracy.

This is why the Obama Concept is so very wrong. The U.S. needs a leader that will nurture self-reliance, not enable abuse. The 47% is only the tip of the 'ice berg' if Obama is re-elected

As a veteran and member of the 47% of Americans that privileged Mitt does not feel to be worth his time (retired on Medicaid) I resent you referring to me as an abuser. I like the Obama Concept of governing 100% of the people of this country and am ready for four more years of his efforts to improve the life for everybody in the USA.

I guess "Mark Cool" is way too young to remember the Depression, when Republican ideals of "self-reliance" literally enabled millions of Americans to suffer in ways unimaginable today. Thank goodness there were enough community-caring people to make the change to the Democrats in '32, and FDR ushered in some of the programs that still help people when they need assistance.
We're all in favor of self-reliance, but it's the nature of the system that some folks do better than others, and that "business" ruthlessly seeks profit, even, at times, at the expense of people. So it becomes the obligation of the government to step in and mitigate the excesses of the system.
No one is wholly self-reliant. That's Ayn Randian fantasy. Whether you get help via tax deductions, public services, student loans, social security, food safety, airport security, financial regulations, road paving and other infrastructure work, schools for your children, unemployment insurance, Medicare, IRAs, etc., etc., the idea is not to eliminate government, but to make it work more smoothly and efficiently.

The National Health Care Law DOES NOT insure undocumented illegal workers. The House bill expressly forbids giving subsidies to those who are in the country illegally.

J Mac, I am neither a trust fund baby nor a moron. I worked as a businessman for 25 years to earn what I have, though I am thankful that the GOVERNMENT PROGRAM called Social Security is there to help us out (and NOT PRIVATIZED and thus frittered away). And I ask again, why do you dislike President Obama to such an extreme degree? His policies are a continuation of mainstream (Democrat) policies and are in no way a sudden departure from the norm.
Democrats believe in individual initiative as much as Republicans do. We understand, however, that not all of us will be winners in the game and we see government as one of the means by which to help out. You are under the delusion that "the private sector" is all-knowing and there is no need for regulation or government assistance. Elections seem to swing first one way then the other, depending on which side's propaganda holds sway at a given moment in time.

Menauhant -Ok then.. if it’s understanding you want, let’s review. Let’s not forget, Bush’s decision to use $17.6 billion in TARP money in December 2008 to keep General Motors and Chrysler afloat. (I still think it was a bad decision). Then, Obama stabilized the action by throwing another $15 billion to GM & Chrysler of the initial $350 billion authorized by Congress for the TARP fund available for use. The Treasury Department estimates that about $23 of the $32.6 billion will never be repaid. Oppression?

You mention Obama-care. This will assert federal control (socialism) over health care benefits and financing and establishes a one-size-fits-all health system, and it will centralize America's health care decisions in Washington. If there’s only one thing I know about bureaucratic (that I don’t want applied to my health care coverage) it takes a typical bureaucrat an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. Socialized medicine.. Oppression?

You mentioned the tightening of rules for the banks and wall street. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue criticized the Volcker Rule and pressed Obama not to impose new, harsher regulations. Why? It strangles small business and free enterprise. Hence, the ridiculous unemployment rates because ‘business’ doesn’t trust that Obama is setting good ground rules for free enterprise and commerce. Oppression?

Menauhant - Lastly, you’re right about Obama’s support of gays in the military being able to serve without ridicule. Merits of service should be the Only denominator.

Equally so if being considered for a second term Presidency. Shining a spotlight on the particular claims you’ve cited, the merits of Obama’s performance make him ineligible to effectively perform as our President.

For what it’s worth, Mitt is no ‘savior’ (his MA Governorship paints an apprehensive future). But, by any stretch, it’ll be better than the current administration. Menauhant, The broad strokes of citing Obama’s redeeming values are debatable, but a clearer picture on the Truth-O-Meter scale is essential. Good on you for giving fodder for the examination.

No president has kept GM and the Auto industry solvent - YOUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE!

Rich is correct obama has sold our childrens futures down the drain.........why should he care he is a millionare and his kids will not have to worry.........he has even set his illegal family members up with benefits that they should not have......good to be the dictator........

Barak Obama, only recently came out for the gays. He did it for the votes. Get it?

Obama watches live feed of Americans being BUTCHERED in Benghazi. Six weeks later, he tells hurricane victims "We Leave Nobody Behind".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqrJPGmBBMA

DON'T BET ON IT!

J Mac, Mr. Obama has been relatively consistent in his views over the years (unlike pathetic Mr. Romney, who stands for whatever the given moment demands). Should he have come out (!) for gay marriage earlier? Yes, indeed, and he was pushed by Joe Biden, but Obama had been moving in the direction of gay rights for some time; he didn't go from one extreme to the other. And he (and the Democratic party) has always been the champion of minority rights- no "scare" tactics involved.
To your earlier comments on Social Security... yes, more people are withdrawing from the fund and fewer people are contributing than in previous times. But that doesn't mean that we should go to the extreme "solution" of privatizing the program. As we have seen, the stock market sometimes dives for several years at a time. Rather, true bipartisanship can better "fix" the problem, if your colleagues would only learn that compromise is how government actually works. Solutions to consider include a gradual rise in the age of being able to receive the benefits, and increasing the amount of income subject to the social security deduction. Why should someone earning 100K pay the same as someone earning 250K? Perhaps the graduated % that is deducted from one's earnings could also be scaled down, if greater incomes were included.
If your beloved "market" were offering full-time jobs with a living wage, there would be less assistance from the government in the form of food stamps. There but for fortune....

Mr. Glick - Of course, Romney never changed his position for the audience and votes he was after. Well, maybe a few times. Actually, hard to think of a position he has not changed in one way or another.

Mr. Smithers - Please give the source of your claim that President Obama "Watches live feed of Americans being BUTCHERED . . ." I have not read any reports that there were video feeds of the actual killings of the four Americans killed. Just to get it in, Bush lead us into war in Iraq over "weapons of mass destruction" and in the process that exercise cost over 4000 Americans and unknown numbers of Iraq citizens.

o k Menahant, I don't know Romneys position in gay marriage. But I am willing to bet, because he is a deeply religious man, he would be against it.
Obama is for it, for votes and political correctness.
Much like John Kerry stating that he was Jewish, during his campaign. anything for a vote.

So Ollie, Mr Bush's spin was why we went in. And Colin Powell gets a pass, by saying he regrets his speech.
It sounds like your "spin" in defense of Mr. Obama

And to the rest of you out there. If you are still holding Mr BUSH ACCOUNTABLE, how about holding your incumbent President ACCOUNTABLE. How about his college records, like you did to Mr Bush? how about his military record, like you did to Mr Bush? How about no one evens remembers him at Columbia University? How about the incumbants ties to the Hon. Rev. Wright?
I promise you this, if there is a riot next Wednesday after the election, i will be a General on the winning side.

Yes Ollie, Mr bush said that. So did Powell, and every Democrat and Republican in congress, who authorized the invasion. Mr. Bush was told by our Military advisors, that there were WMD. And congress, and Powell and the whole world was told.
Is your man ever held accountable for anything?

To simply hold Mr bush accountable is correct, is guess in your view, but he had to act on what Powell and the Military advised him to do.

Bush was never asked for his college records! However, to give you credit, it is really SICK and anti-American that President Obama has not authorized the release of his military records. How could he run for president and not release those records. Mr. Glick, perhaps he has not released his military records because he didn't serve in the military and believe it or not, we don't currently have something called the draft so he didn't have to serve. Oh yes, Harvard always accepts someone into their law program who didn't graduate from College. And most of the time, those people get to be editor of the Harvard Law Review.

See you have posted another response - please state who "my man" is. And, for the record, not the "whole world" believed there were WMPs in Iraq. There were CIA agents who didn't believe it, as there were members of the military who didn't believe it, as there were a large percentage of the population who didn't believe it, including Obama and myself. The facts were clear of one dug a little deeper, did some research and speak from knowledge instead of emotions. Try it, you might find it interesting.

Lastly, are you saying or predicting a Riot after the election. I can only figure there will be one if the Republican's lose as the Democratic party does believe in the democratic concept of this country.

Ollie. Just play the race card, and bail out. It's all you have left.

Ollie. CIA agents, and Military members? For someone who has the facts, that's vague. And your man, is named Barak Hussein Obama. A Community Organizer, who has been given a free pass with the Liberal media, and not held accountable. tis experiment is over, i hope.

Saul - no need to play any cards as you have failed to address any of my arguments or challenge with backup facts any of my statements. At least you can tell me about Obama's military records. Will give you credit, that's the first time I have heard that one. Only positive thing is coming from Massachusetts, I would guess that your vote won't count for swat. State is going Obama!

Do love political science incase anyone wants to have an "intelligent" conversation with the exchange of solid thoughts.

Well ok Ollie. Your man is so confident that the liberal Massachusetts voters will give him the electoral votes, he won't even come here to campaign. He won't even acknowledge the voters, or say "thanks Massachusetts". He is assuming he has the voters vote. THAT TO ME IS HIS ARROGANCE. I don't know what is going to happen, but i would never assune he has won this state. Nor would i assume Mitt has anything won either. And assuming that BHO has won Massachusetts, like youe say, is pretty, well ........no name calling
And by the way, i am voting for the Indian fraud, Lizzy Warren, for reasons i can't begin to explain...
that's it for me...see ya next wednesday

J Mac, You don't have to say anything more. If you cite Ann Coulter as a source of anything within a hundred miles of a "fact", then it's pointless to have any kind of discussion. (I guess there wasn't any racial conflict while blacks in the South were kept in their place. Why would the Democratic party want to incite (correct spelling) racial conflict when the "solid South" was a Dem. stronghold? We lost millions of white votes by bring up the moral wrongs of the American form of apartheid.)

Read the book Steve, and then fact check it, and then we can discuss race in America.

J Mac - using Coulter as a "fact" source is one of the funnest comments I have read in a long time. She is nothing but a book machine, producing books the extreme right loves to read and using her personality to push the books on the media. Surprise you didn't use Rush L. as another "fact" source. I wouldn't waste my monies buying one of her books, however if you want to give me one I will read it and comment on it.

And a comment for Saul - with Obama having a 20 point lead in the state, I believe it is a "sure" deal that Massachusetts will be going for him. What I find enjoyable is how Senator Brown is keeping as much distance between Romney, the Republican party and himself as is possible. And where is Bush? Giving a speech to a group of investors in the Cayman Islands about the advantages of investing off shore. Quite a difference between Bush and Clinton who is still very popular with the American people.

One thing I do appreciate about the conservative Republican voters, that being when ever one gets in a conversation with them on politics, when one challenges their position and facts, they love to change the subject and throw more BS at you.