The Official 3rd Presidential Debate Thread

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I am really interested in how this debate goes. This is the tie-breaker.

Right now Obama seems very aggressive. How will Romney respond?

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It is funny how obsessed you can get watching the squiggles on cnn. One almost really believes that this is how *everyone* is rating the debate. I have to keep reminding myself that this is just a small group of people.

[yourelection]

Romney is averaging negative on the squiggles this time...

Damn there I go looking at those squiggles again!

[yourelection]

This debate is on a much lower key than the last, more civil. The interrupting and in-your-face of the last debate is missing. It is not as entertaining as the sporting events going on on the other channels.

It is, though, more enjoyable to watch. Solidly stated arguments.

Still something more for intellectuals.

[yourelection]

My first reaction is that this was a win on points by Obama. Romney did not shine... but no face plants.

It was the squiggles that dominated the debate for me, though. Amazing how much power a small group of people have.

[yourelection]

CNN's poll (which has more republicans than democrats) gave Obama a comfortable lead. This is more than I thought he would get.

Still Obama will not be able to capitalize as much from this as Romney did in the first debate.

The election will stay close and now it will come down to the work the candidates do in the key states.

Going into the final sprint Obama has a slight advantage. His job is to hold on to that advantage and take back some of the ground he lost after the first debate.

Romndy needs to keep trying to break of chunks of Obama's lead and not stagnate.

My full comments as usual on http://www.yourelection.net

I did work some on the election game during the debates using the debates as inspiration on how to work these into the game. More on that also in the post.