Clear Tie - No Winners

[93henfan]

This was the Korean War of debates.

Discuss.

[Grizalltheway]

What happened? I turned it off and decided to watch Breaking Bad instead.

[AZGrizFan]

What happened? I turned it off and decided to watch Breaking Bad instead.

Good choice. A rerun, i assume?

[Grizalltheway]

What happened? I turned it off and decided to watch Breaking Bad instead.

Good choice. A rerun, i assume?

Sort of. Finally checked it out on Netflix, and I'm straight hooked now.

[93henfan]

Good choice. A rerun, i assume?

Sort of. Finally checked it out on Netflix, and I'm straight hooked now.

Nice! I watched the first four seasons in three weeks.

[AZGrizFan]

Sort of. Finally checked it out on Netflix, and I'm straight hooked now.

Nice! I watched the first four seasons in three weeks.

I've now caught up on BrBa, Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels. Not sure where to go from here.

[DSUrocks07]

Nice! I watched the first four seasons in three weeks.

I've now caught up on BrBa, Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels. Not sure where to go from here.

Burn Notice?

[GannonFan]

Like I said in the other thread, just an ugly debate that only partisans could like. Diehard Conks will say Romney won and diehard Donks will cheer on Obama. Actually, one of the good outcomes from this is you can easily identify the clear partisan hacks now depending on whether they claim one guy won last night. They both lost a lot of credibility last night - less than a month from an election that's not a great thing for the moderates among us who have to pick one of these guys (and yes, I know Gary Johnson is apparently a candidate somewhere but I could write in a random name and that name will have more chances to win that Mr. Johnson).

[JohnStOnge]

I think you're right. If you read this article at Real Clear Politics:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... in-debate/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The take away appears to be that a narrow majority thing Obama did better in the debate. But there is a suggestion that it's because he did better than expected and a suggestion that it did result in any perceptible advantage for Obama in terms of people changing their votes based on what they saw. Here is a quote:

he president's edge on the question of who won the debate appears to be the result of his much better than expected performance and his advantage on likeability. But the poll also indicates that debate watchers said Romney would do a better job on economic issues. And the two candidates were tied on an important measure - whether the showdown would affect how the debate watchers will vote. Nearly half said the debate did not make them more likely to vote for either candidate, with the other half evenly divided between both men.

And, really, the question of how people might change their vote is the one that counts.

A CBS poll of undecided voters yielded similar results in terms of who people thought "won" and "lost" the debate but the report on it at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50133279n" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; doesn't address the question of the rate at which people might change their votes.

There is an "X Box" poll mentioned in an article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/1 ... ostpopular" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; that shows a bigger advantage for Obama and does address the "change your vote" question. But it does not appear to involved a "scientific" sample.

[ASUG8]

Romney was aggressive again, the president more so than last time. Romney scored points on countering Obama's assertion that MR's money was tied up in China and MR pressed BO to tell where his pension was invested. Romney lost points on Libya when Obama said the buck stopped with him, not the SoS. I felt it was kind of a draw overall.

Obama debates better closer to sea level. Look for Gore to confirm that later today.

[AZGrizFan]

I've now caught up on BrBa, Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels. Not sure where to go from here.

Burn Notice?

I'm thinking of that and a few others...I smell a poll coming....