The Debate

Yes, Romney appears to have "won" the debate.  The President appears to have been kind of listless, not that engaged, and not very aggressive at challenging Romney's untrue statements or defending his administration.  I had, as other had, hoped that Obama was just playing rope-a-dope, but eventually you have to fight back.  But still, team Obama is still left with a lot of points that they can use going forward.  As I said years ago, Romney will never pass up a cheap and easy way to score political points, and the "fire Big Bird" thing is exactly that.  Neil Tyson perfectly explains why it's one of those typical, symbolic, meaningless statements that Romney excels at. So, Obama still has plenty of time to recover, and hopefully he can do so.