I watched a good portion of the presidential debate tonight (swapping between it and the new South Park) and I was quite surprised by the results and how the debate turned out. As always, Jim Lehrer was our debate moderator, posing the questions and setting forth the format of the debate. Unfortunately, the debate format was pretty much scrapped in the first segment as the originally 15 minute timeframe for tax reform spilled over to 25 minutes.
Nonetheless, the debate was lively but no one really gained the upper hand. I think that Romney was a little more charismatic and did a slightly better job of continually dishing out new figures and new data (whether or not any of these figures were true would require some research and detailed brown townysis of the debate itself) than Obama. Both candidates came well prepared and did a good job presenting their views. There wasn't really any knock out punch that will make swing voters lean right or left.
In my opinion, there was no clear victor, both Romney and Obama put up a good fight with some strong points and statistics, but I think Obama could've stepped up his game a little in terms of being more charismatic and presenting more data and statistics.
It is also notable to point out that Romney had a bigger American flag pin on his suit.
Discuss tonights debate, and the overall election
