Romney won on the theater but it was one of the most unbelievably dishonest performances I've seen. The problem for Obama is that it's virtually impossible to pin Romney down and attack him on anything. Romney's established his ability and willingness to change his position entirely on a dime, as many times as it takes, depending on wherever he's speaking.
All Romney has to do is say "No, that's not my position" and Obama can do nothing about it in a debate setting without looking petty; there's no way to prove it even though you can immediately show Romney is an outright liar as soon as the debate is over with video of his previous statements and policy positions. It's impossible to debate jello, and that was Obama's problem.
Thank you for making this post, and the others in this thread. Unfortunately, voters are imbeciles and once again they've proven how easily they can be fooled and led wherever by an incessant stream of outright lies, dishonest crap, bullsh**t, platitudes and so forth.
Romney didn't do badly and Obama was mediocre, but I have a hard time telling myself that Romney honestly won, because if he did it's through lies, bullsh**t and more lies.
Extremely frustrating that nobody can take on Romney's dishonesty and lies. The media was too busy ejaculating all over itself in excitement at Romney's win and what that entails to actually do its job, but I won't blame them. Few in the media today are actual journalists who do their job, most are overpaid morons or hacks.