LIVE CHAT: Rhode Island Reacts To The Romney-Obama Debate

Romney ahead on points. Obama is the generalized right now ...

Joe Sousa

Tax And Spend Obama is going down fast.

Nancy Holt

This format is great for debates, except Lehrer kept putting words in the President's mouth when he turned for rebuttal. The President can hold his own, and Mr. Lehrer needs a muzzle!

JR

Lehrer got run over by a mack truck by Romney..yayyyyyyyy!

JR

Did you see the interview of Lehrer on Hannity last night (10/8). It was a good interview.

Margaret

Romney keeps this up Obama's gonna vote for him
Obama kept looking down-- no belt buckle teleprompter--bad night

JR

I agree. We must remember one thing. A liar can never look anyone in the eye when he speaks. What does that tell us? lol

russell archambault

romney blew obama away. romney had his facts together, obama just wanted the debate to end.

JR

One could clearly see, Obama did not want to be there. He looked like a school boy being reprimanded by his teacher. Head down, never looking at Romney, then the way he blinked his eyes at one point, it looked like (oh no) he got me again.

10speed

tsk, tsk, tsk

JR

@KenBattle.......having a problem with your dentures --tsk tsk

10speed

@JR .. yep... the dentures always get in the way ... click, click,click

Chowda Head

Romney has charisma of Reagan with the polish of JFK. Obama is acting like Jimmy Carter with the empathy of Al Gore looking for a teleprompter.

JR

We have a 'clear vision' for the future not more rhetoric and lies. Obama spun in circles last night. He kept looking for more specifics so he could pick the Governors' brain. Ain't happening. The Governor was superb last night. He was very Presidential. The President was not. He couldn't even look the Governor in the eye. He kept looking down at the podium and at Jim Leherer to bail him out and at one point even nodded his head at him. The Governor laid everything out in black and white. On FoxNews pollster Frank Luntz had prior Obama voters and and overwhelming response was that they are NOT voting for Obama this time around. They do NOT want 4 more years of the same rhetoric and lies.

10speed

And Nitt didn't look down at the podium at anytime either??? You could clearly see that they both were looking down TO MAKE NOTES as the other spoke. TSK, tsk ,tsk

JR

@KenBattle....having a problem with your dentures!!!

ray

three types vote for the right...the rich...the religious nuts...and the dumb rednecks...oh forgot one...the ones who work for the goverment

Maxin

Well if you just tuned into the election last night you may think Romney was the more aggressive candidate, but this guy is like a snake when you try to nail him to his policies. When you think he has a policy out there he changes it to suite what ever venue he is in. He is like a shape shifter when you think you understand his plan he changes it. I watch politics all the time I am neither Dem nor Rep my wife thinks I spend too much time watching. So I have seen President Obama has laid out his plan and so the hole country including Fox News thought so had Mitt but in a moments notice he shift changed to another and before the election there will be another shift change from Romney. I'm not saying either one has it right there is just something about Romney that dose not pass the smell test. Then it is not only Romney but just the way republicans through the last 3 and a half years have been moving there radical agenda on the American people and refusing to compromise for the benefit of the American People over Corporations. Mitt Romney said, “Corporations are People.” Well they must be better than people if you would allow the country to sink to save them. Look I don’t care who you are just remember that the corporations have not kept up with the cost of living here in over forty years and that is why they have such gap between 1% and the 99%. It’s our country who do you trust is the question?

mike westman

Remember he is cornered right now and the true chameleon/viper will come out. Need some Raid for this bug

10speed

@Maxin... didn't you mean chameleon instead of snake?

JR

@Maxin: Time will tell my friend. Romney's life and his deeds are his living legacy. What does Obama have to show for his life. Every speech I have heard on him makes him sound like a racial being.

JOHN M CASEY

RI has the dubious distinction of loving Obama ,in spite of one of the highest unemployment rates in the US. Last night Obama looked like what he is , a superficial amateur. Romney took him to school

Little compton taxpayer

Obama looked lost

JR

Lost isn't the word for it. Unprepared. He thought he was going to breeze through the debate. He can go on thinking he is 'eye candy' to the ladies. He can go on keeping company with celebs. It still won't help him any. He is just inept.

Yvette M Ayotte

Romney was awsome!!! Outsmarted our president in many areas.

JR

Yes, he certainly did. Romney had facts and numbers. Obama had his same old, same old rhetoric.

mike westman

again....how does one fight back and lower one's self to the slurry of lies and distortions that herr Romney spewed out? Maybe that is Mr. Obama's weakness...honesty

JR

also -Romney is a leader by example. The way he has lived his life is his legacy to mankind. Always helping others in need.

John

4:22 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012

How do you figure Romney was awsome he sure is not the person that is going to help out the middle class so don't count out the other guy yet he will arise in the end there are two and three rounds left. it wasn't a knock out .

JR

HIS SUCCESS WITH THE OLYMPICS ALONE CAN PROVE THAT. HAVEN'T YOU BEEN WATCHING?

JR

4:22 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012

Obama is a snake a lieing snake. this whole campaign of his has been nothing but lies and rhetoric.

10speed

@JR... Jeez, what is the REAL reason for all of your hate. Could it be that you don't like black people. My guess is that you don't like Asians, Jews, Italians, etc, etc. Do you even like yourself??? Boy are you a bad mark on humanity.

JR

@KenBattle....I do not hate anyone. Some of my best friends were black when I was growing up. AND I was a diehard Democrat up until this years election. How can you believe Obama's promises for change. Isn't it a pure coincidence that the unemployment rate miraculously went down just after the debate. Chicago politics in action. The "anointed one" now does MIRACLES. This is an unbelievably filthy race for the white house.

Naome Lixes

4:22 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012

"Some of my best friends were black when I was growing up."

Those little black people on the TV? Those were actors, Gramps.
The example Romney lends to the rest of us? It's best to be born rich.

If there's an example in the mix, it's that a single Mom can still pull it off,
if the whole family gets behind the child. In most cases, they don't.

Stephen C

I think he's down for the count..... Especially with the mistake about US paying incentives to businesses to move out of the country -- and Romney coming back at him with the 'I must get a new accountant' statement. ! oye~

10speed

Yeah, Mitts musta hired one of those off shore accountants. Oye is right.

Peter A. Filippi III

As a stanch conservative I was very pleased with Mitts candor, honesty and overall concerns. And as an honest conservative who ever is elected we always want them to do what is best for our country...

JR

@Peter: I couldn't agree with you more.

JR

@KenBattle.......Look again, Mitt is a successful business owner. Obama has never been a business owner. Obama is even mocking the success of Donald Trump. Come on now. Give credit where credit is due.

Naome Lixes

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/romney-bain-builds-up-then-harvests-companies/

Look again, JR -

The essence of Mitt Romney's success is taking down weakened companies to raid their operating expenses and pensions - then parking the receipts offshore.

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/10/mitt-romney-wealthfront-taxes/

As to "self-made" men like Donald Trump, never mention their birthright...
Donald Trump, son of New York city real estate developer Fred Trump was sent to Wharton business school and given control of the company in 1971,

Much like Mitt Romney, he exemplifies the trend toward plutocrats claiming
humble roots - an exercise in writing fictional histories.

These mooks NEVER struggled to make a living.

Bill Carson